T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.
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Read moreSun, 12:19: Archers actress: ‘I’m back as Clarrie – and I don’t want to shock fans’ http://t.co/l2zC7SrZ via @guardian Sun, 18:56: On page 171 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones http://t.co/fWtQM6c0 Sun, 21:40: Stratford: it’s not just Shakespeare…
Continue readingI remember discovering when I first arrived in Oxfordshire that Stratford upon Avon was only about 45 minutes away and how I could visit it often… Shamefully that was getting on for 18 years ago, and it has taken until…
Continue readingSat, 15:55: #rsc #mad Sat, 23:53: had a very nice day in Stratford with @EmmaEShepherd & Lucy & Luke & seen a brilliant production of The Orphan of Zhao http://t.co/oqBoxBcq Sun, 09:56: The allure of the first novel http://t.co/VsDb7RaF via…
Continue readingFri, 18:33: On page 189 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/B5kCCSzn Fri, 22:09: Reimagining the real… http://t.co/43qhsUTP #creativity #imagination #MrTumnal #writing Fri, 22:31: “It was very good. Interesting, very different. Clever” New review on Facebook of #TheEndOfAllWorlds http://t.co/S4UkeJy1…
Continue readingJericho, Oxford is a bohemian neighbourhood. It’s sought after and desirable for its community, attractiveness, and appeal, but when it features in Mr Tumnal Jericho is not quite bohemian enough. I’ve got to a part in the story when Kathryn…
Continue readingThu, 17:32: RT @BBCBreakfast: Did you know Yes Prime Minister is returning to our screens? Zoe Telford tells us more: http://t.co/RPLd2RbJ Thu, 18:45: On page 159 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones http://t.co/uidnVo9s
Continue readingWed, 21:11: loves how @ProfBrianCox goes from checking his notes on iPad to demonstrating concepts on a blackboard… #lowtech #bbcstargazing Wed, 21:19: #bbcstargazing question about Mars, @ProfBrianCox – if life might be in ice & ice might be at poles…
Continue readingWith the news that camera retailer Jessops has entered administration comes the much touted reason that it is because “the amateur market collapsed because people who once bought cameras found that they had these things on their smartphones and they…
Continue readingTue, 16:31: A box full of unfulfilled ideas http://t.co/8xN6xfU8 #ideas #imagination #writing Tue, 21:39: On page 143 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones http://t.co/3lNbSKgD Wed, 11:00: @blackwelloxford (contd.) as by and large Indie authors have probably got into…
Continue readingFurther to Hugo Lindgren’s provocative article in The New York Times, ‘Be Wrong as Fast as You Write’ it got me thinking about writing, and ideas and how one decides which ideas need to be written – or which ideas…
Continue readingMon, 16:25: RT @andyjshepherd: Havent done much on my to do list as couldn’t put down one of my Xmas presents, Unrest by @MHarrison13. A really grea … Mon, 19:43: interview with Laura Robson: I want to make a gibed…
Continue readingThere has been talk of late that sales of the humble eInk eReader will fall this year as people move to now cheaper tablets, and also the environmental pros and cons of eReaders vs. paper books. A friend has also…
Continue readingSun, 16:40: RT @creationtheatre: 16 years, 51 shows, 365000 audience members and 24 hours left to save Creation buy your raffle ticket or 2 here to … Sun, 16:42: Cultural Life: Philip Pullman, novelist – Features – Books – The…
Continue readingAs night follows day, so today follows Twelfth Night. We weren't too bothered about the traditions of when decorations come as their dies seem to be a fair amount of difference of opinion as to whether it's the 5th or…
Continue readingSat, 18:12: On page 133 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/A8XsxUbD Sat, 18:58: On the tenth day of Christmas: the writer returns http://t.co/hlaNcYJX #amwriting #MrTumnal Sat, 19:39: On the eleventh day of Christmas: the confusion of the night…
Continue readingThere is an undeniable confusion as to when Twelfth Night actually is – even Stephen Fry got it in a muddle on the Christmas episode of QI. So… It is defined by the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as “the evening…
Continue readingFri, 13:45: “Thomas uses more words per sentence than 93% of people.” #facebooktruths Fri, 13:45: “Thomas uses words with more syllables than 90% of people.” #facebooktruths Fri, 13:46: That’s because I write in proper sentences –> “Thomas uses more apostrophes…
Continue readingThe T E Shepherd in me has been annoyingly absent of late. That is to say whilst I've had the desire, and the ideas to write, I have either been busy being the marketing executive for The End Of All…
Continue readingThu, 18:38: On page 103 of 528 of Runemarks, by Joanne Harris http://t.co/TucONUQa Thu, 18:44: Just discovered @Joannechocolat has a similar way of bringing
Continue readingInspired by lekythen‘s recent postings on her facebook wall of five minute sketches I downloaded the SketchBook Mobile App and started sketching away a picture of Aslan whilst I was cooking the dinner. I’m in no way as accomplished as…
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