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 moreWed, 17:19: RT @LiveJournal: Information about recent issues: http://t.co/UFRnEApa — Full text at our FB page, if you can’t access LJ now: https: … Wed, 21:23: On the ninth day of Christmas: yearning for the sofa http://t.co/HMuL2Dck #ConflictOfInterests #work #writing…
Continue readingSo with the feared 2nd January, so I had to return to work, which was okay and I was productive, but I did find myself yearning for the sofa and my book. Come the afternoon I had to console myself…
Continue readingTue, 20:24: On page 83 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones: It makes me just want to go and live on my Diana Wynne Jone… http://t.co/bptPixQz Tue, 21:10: On the eighth day of Christmas: the first day http://t.co/FWwFdwiX…
Continue readingIf yesterday was a day for hibernating indoors and for shutting the world outside out, then today was its antithesis. Bright, clear, and sunny. It’s the first day of a new year and it feels it. Out in the garden…
Continue readingMon, 13:36: When you look out of the window on a day like today, don’t you just think that it’s a soup kind @ Southwold http://t.co/5EO7ANkZ Mon, 13:36: Photo: When you look out of the window on a day like…
Continue readingI’ve had a lovely Christmas break, seeing Emma’s family, spending time with my family, going to festive theatre, eating nice food (off-diet maybe but not excessively), and spending quality time in my home with and the cats and the decorations…
Continue reading2012 has been a year dominated by books and by reading and writing. At the beginning of year I set myself the Goodreads reading challenge to read at least 20 books in the year. I didn’t manage to reach this,…
Continue readingSun, 13:37: On page 87 of 119 of Grubson Pug’s Christmas , by Hodgson, Jane-Anne: Fears the storm that is about rage… 🙁 http://t.co/lfWoM6OO Sun, 16:37: On page 35 of 320 of Reflections, by Diana Wynne Jones: It’s a book…
Continue readingOne of the joys of the post-Christmas and pre-New Year holidays is those long afternoons in the fading light, tucked up on the sofa with the Christmas tree across the room, reading… reading lots and lots. So, a roundup of…
Continue readingSat, 18:23: Marked as to-read: Grubson Pug’s Christmas Voyage by Hodgson, Jane-Anne http://t.co/NU4t5Bj1 Sat, 21:49: According to @EmmaEShepherd we are now celebrating our 298th weekend together. Many happy returns to us! #anniversaries Sat, 23:32: 26% done with Reflections, by Diana…
Continue readingFri, 15:13: 80% done with Someone Else’s Fairytale, by Emily Mah Tippetts http://t.co/gNfLkr5r Fri, 15:37: Okay, well that surprises me. It may be backlit, but the #Kindle #Fire is actually comfortable to *read*. Still heavier than regular kindle. Fri, 17:34:…
Continue readingThere’s an article in today’s Guardian which seems to want to suggest the rise of traditional print book sales eBooks. It seems obvious to me that in the run up to Christmas that you will see more physical books sold…
Continue readingChristmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a trip to see Creation Theatre Company’s latest show. This year, the prospect of going was tinged with sadness that this might be the last time we would get to see them. After a tourist…
Continue readingThu, 16:37: 3 of 5 stars to Across the Sea by Emily Mah Tippetts http://t.co/nMri9gcR Thu, 17:45: 61% done with Someone Else’s Fairytale, by Emily Mah Tippetts http://t.co/jb91BipE Fri, 09:24: 72% done with Someone Else’s Fairytale, by Emily Mah Tippetts…
Continue readingWed, 13:09: thinks that Barney and Aslan might have finally have come to agreement over something… #recorderpractice Wed, 13:12: Kindle for Christmas? Time to start downloading books to read. 90% of people who reviewed it were very glad they did…
Continue readingTue, 22:26: Things to read, watch, and listen to… #Christmas @ Southwold http://t.co/eP7o100o Tue, 22:26: Photo: Things to read, watch, and listen to… #Christmas (at Southwold) http://t.co/UWCCjbfj
Continue readingIn the midst of dismally unseasonal weather we headed off on a small tour of Buckinghamshire for lunch and presents with Emma’s mum and dad, before dropping presents off at Sue’s, collecting presents from Grannie’s, and heading back home in…
Continue readingSun, 14:23: When the dark comes rising, six shall turn it back; three from the circle, and three from the track: Susan Cooper… http://t.co/1zg2bi2i Sun, 15:15: Over the top? Surely not… 😉 #ChristmasCake @ Southwold http://t.co/9PSzudnN Sun, 15:15: Photo: Over…
Continue readingYou know that phrase there’s no rest for the wicked? Well, I felt that today, for the second of my two-day working weekend of chores and Christmas prep. Thankfully, after the dismal, endless rain of yesterday, today was altogether a…
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