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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How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?
Read moreIt’s not an easy read; a portrait of a land, and a people, and a person – Bjartur of Summerhouses. It’s definitely easier to read this if you have visited Iceland; seen, and felt, the landscape. If you have you…
Continue readingTue, 16:03: That’s me sorted then… http://t.co/gyK611U8 #creative #mind #brain Tue, 19:27: On the eleventh day of advent: my next big thing http://t.co/yP5XfnbG #amwriting #interviews @EmilyMah @AngellaGraff Wed, 09:03: On life… http://t.co/BogQy0Gz you ought never to give up as long…
Continue readingSo what is My Next Big Thing? It’s a blog-chain for writers and the like, and last week it was the turn of Steven Davis. Steven is a writer, publisher, and bookseller in Reading, England. I met Steven on a…
Continue readingMon, 22:55: 97% done with Independent People, by Halld
Continue readingSun, 22:17: 5% done with Moments Collide, by Angella Graff http://t.co/sH71zQDC
Continue readingSat, 16:42: Decorated for Christmas… @ Southwold http://t.co/EROdY7jm Sat, 16:43: Photo: Decorated for Christmas… (at Southwold) http://t.co/m8PhXvro Sat, 16:46: Carolling in the square. Let Christmas begin…! @ Abingdon http://t.co/lZ0PRvYj Sat, 16:46: Photo: Carolling in the square. Let Christmas begin…! (at…
Continue readingTraditionally it is the weekend closest to my mum’s birthday (25 November) and Stir-up Sunday that launches my preparations for Christmas. It’s not until I play my first carols though that I truly feel Christmas. Today Emma and I headed…
Continue reading~ Further to last night’s late night developments, and the need to take Scooter to the vets for his eye operation, and the need to take Emma to the doctor for a checkup after last night, it seems sensible to…
Continue readingFri, 07:21: 1 cat needing to go to vets = 8 pairs of cats’ eyes giving you death stares whilst you eat your breakfast… #fear Fri, 10:47: needs to find someone who knows about wifi routers as to how to…
Continue reading~ After the dangerously slippy roads of yesterday (with the dusting of snow we had), this morning was cold, damn cold. Apparently last night it got to -7ºC. Bbrrr… So today I went to work the shorter but slower way…
Continue readingWed, 23:21: On the fifth day of advent: in which I adopt an author http://t.co/0U5ltiMd #advent #authors #amreading #amwriting Thu, 06:16: -7
Continue readingThere is really cool author promo event running on Facebook throughout December called Christmas For Authors. I decided to participate in it as it helps Indie authors (like me) get exposure and helps to boost book sales. We authors have…
Continue readingTue, 19:03: 375,000 bricks towering 3.5km (2.17 miles) high is what it would take to break a #Lego brick… http://t.co/J3w0OaUk Tue, 22:59: Iceland Full Circle Day 12: H
Continue readingMichelle Harison, author of the 13 Treasures trilogy and the ever so scary Unrest shared the petition to save the arts in schools. I have done, and I’ve also written to my MP, and this is why we need a…
Continue readingDay 12: Saturday 25 August 2012 Start: 2357km End: 2797km Distance travelled: 440km (278 miles) And so it comes to the final stretch of our road trip adventure. We breakfast again; cereal followed by pancakes and jam – today rhubarb…
Continue readingMon, 23:39: On the third day of advent… http://t.co/MzWhVz1H #geeky #advent #ebooks #epub Mon, 23:46: Santa’s little helper… @ Southwold http://t.co/mIm8c2qY Mon, 23:47: Photo: Santa’s little helper… (at Southwold) http://t.co/xAvv9RNv
Continue reading…and I struggle to comprehend why only 2 out of 20 items in an ePub table of contents link through to their respective chapters. The other 18 are tagged in precisely the same way so… I not understand. I would…
Continue readingSun, 20:32: Thirty-five years old and made by Me… 🙂 http://t.co/sMIGZbpy Sun, 20:32: Photo: Thirty-five years old and made by Me… 🙂 http://t.co/YGKGILV9 Sun, 21:04: On the second day of advent: tree dressing http://t.co/pEkSx4ev #advent #christmas #winter Mon, 07:04: 94%…
Continue readingAfter the floods come the frozen fields down by the river Cherwell and the Oxfordshire canal at Somerton, and scene for a brisk and cold walk in the winter chill. Then we retreated back home to dress the tree. It’s…
Continue readingSat, 15:10: Today @EmmaEShepherd welcome a new member of the household. Meet Bruce The Spruce! http://t.co/dZqjxlXW Sat, 15:10: Photo: Today @EmmaEShepherd welcome a new member of the household. Meet Bruce The Spruce! http://t.co/Shw6P7Cp Sat, 16:46: Off to sample sausages’n’mash at…
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