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 moreTue, 16:08: Bored of the football already? 21 C fantasy with an icy twist: norse mythology meets climate science http://t.co/4tsjkGkq #TheEndOfAllWorlds Tue, 21:54: Is it me or does every writer have difficulty deciding how precisely to start a new chapter?…
Continue readingMon, 18:40: has just subbed my novel to its first two reviewers… *shuffles nervously* Did you want to review #TheEndOfAllWorlds? http://t.co/4tsjkGkq Mon, 21:08: 2 legged; FLUTD; hypothyroid; hyperthyroid; obese; tangled & timid; and bullied & mentally deranged… Can we please…
Continue readingSun, 15:06: RT @justified_left: @MichaelRosenYes I’d finished MA and was writing first draft of book before I learned what a complex sentence is. Di … Sun, 16:23: On page 72 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt http://t.co/qKE1ywbG Sun, 22:13:…
Continue readingSat, 14:54: experienced my first @oxford_brookes and @hss_brookes Open Day today. Absolutely terrified before hand! But actually really enjoyed it! 🙂 Sat, 16:02: On page 58 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt: Enjoying seeing the relationship between Odin and…
Continue readingI’m not sure if I really realised until recently how much I like re-imagining old stories, but I really do. I’m reading A.S. Byatt’s new book Ragnarok at the moment and loving her take on many of the same myths…
Continue readingFri, 14:01: would like to thank everyone who downloaded #TheEndOfAllWorlds during its #free #kindle promo yesterday. http://t.co/uBYU6581 #ya #fantasy Fri, 18:29: The Long Run: How FROM THE STORM went from 0 – 14,000 in 3 days.: http://t.co/defbYW3p \via @EMTippetts Fri,…
Continue readingThu, 12:37: Second time around… http://t.co/hCzpI0o8 via @aly3008 Thu, 12:59: The Best of Modern Arabian Fantasy: C.A. Suleiman http://t.co/U7RJJUEI via @EmilyMah Thu, 13:21: The Indie Experiment: Kickstarter, Help Me Raise $600.00 in 30 Days http://t.co/EAiX60gk via @EmilyMah Thu, 13:22: Impressive…
Continue readingIn hindsight today’s free promotion on amazon was not the best planned foray into the world of free marketing. Thursdays are apparently a good day to do it, but Thursday’s is also usually band night and so I would have…
Continue readingRhiannon Lassiter asked me today, why shepline? In a follow up to her question she said she rather liked @shepwords and yes, that does seem rather cool, but I am shepline online, and in sorts offline, for longer than I…
Continue readingWed, 18:20: “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture.Just get people to stop reading them.”RIP Ray Bradbury Wisdom and foresight, a rare combo Wed, 18:51: On page 36 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt http://t.co/msmtdzCW Wed,…
Continue readingMy debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, will be available for free from midnight to midnight PST on Thursday 7 June 2012. It has been a fantastic three weeks since I published the book, with sales averaging out at…
Continue readingTue, 15:10: If he messes with @thearchers the new editor can expect to be hung, drawn & quartered by listeners http://t.co/440Vwj8Y #Kindle Tue, 18:20: On page 7 of 177 of Ragnarok, by A.S. Byatt http://t.co/gKYfEYE8 Tue, 18:54: On page 16…
Continue readingI’ve started reading Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt. Ragnarok is the final war of the gods, or the end of the world. I use it as the title for the final part of my own novel, The End Of All Worlds….
Continue readingMon, 22:59: 4 of 5 stars to Unrest by Michelle Harrison http://t.co/Fs3X3iZl Mon, 23:48: On page 16 of 351 of Just My Type, by Simon Garfield http://t.co/ocHpY9eI
Continue readingThere were moments of dark, fairy terror in Michelle Harrison’s 13 Treasures trilogy, but nothing so dark and genuinely scary as Unrest. Really, truly, don’t read some of the early chapters just before bed – not unless you enjoy inducing…
Continue readingSun, 16:07: Jaalsberg cheese bread from the @HairyBikers… http://t.co/vRZmrm1L Sun, 16:29: really does think that the BBC commentators should stop referring to the Queen as cargo… #jubilee Sun, 18:15: Baking… http://t.co/JfIybYbD Sun, 22:38: thinks that I have probably eaten too…
Continue readingSat, 15:15: Norwegian Rye bread a la @HairyBikers… #bread #yummy http://t.co/GDxDkJVQ Sat, 17:58: Only in Bicester can the jubilee concert be interrupted by the bass player having to move his car… http://t.co/GTF4jG5a Sat, 21:43: BangTailfeathers at the Bicester jubilee in…
Continue readingFri, 23:18: Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre is on the @GuardianBooks‘ interactive literary map! http://t.co/BvWZNcEZ #n0ticed #litloc \via @brookespoetry Fri, 23:32: The Indie Experiment #2: Weirdness! http://t.co/Y3olL3DT #kindle #EndOfAllWorlds Sat, 00:05: The Indie Experiment #3: Sales Figures… http://t.co/P7UhS7Rl #books #kindle #TheEndOfAllWorlds…
Continue readingMy book has been published for two week’s now (one week as a paperback). I really didn’t know how many or how fast or slow it might sell. I think I may have become unhealthily obsessed with refreshing the KDP…
Continue readingThu, 12:38: Starter… http://t.co/7ZrXfizX Thu, 12:54: …mains… http://t.co/Piq6dpqj Thu, 13:36: …dinner http://t.co/L08TS5CT Thu, 18:56: wants to spend the evening compiling book review submissions but needs to go and practice my flute and piccolo at @abingdonconcert band… Thu, 23:57: RePosted Poetry…
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