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 moreThu, 15:51: Little, Brown to publish J K Rowling’s first adult novel… http://t.co/1nSQiWwd \via @thebookseller Thu, 20:08: would like to say that Somewhere was somewhere. But its not, its nowhere… #bandjoke Thu, 21:38: Might not have played all the right…
Continue readingI really thought I had the slipped through some wormhole in time and ended up on April Fool’s Day when I read this article on how the conservative Policy Exchange thinktank thinks that teachers should run John Lewis-style schools for…
Continue readingTue, 19:03: asks, it being pancake day, what’s your favourite topping? #pancaketrivia Tue, 21:16: Super Furry Pancakes? #replacebandnameswithpancake \via @rhi_lassiter Tue, 22:51: is another 1lb lighter and back to my all time low. 2st 2lbs lost after an up and…
Continue readingSundays always mean cleaning out the animals
Continue readingEmma and I watched another episode of Stephen Fry’s Planet Word tonight – this time about the written word. When he was looking at printing it made me watnt to get my Adana Eight-Fives working and play with good, honest,…
Continue readingToday has been cold and grey and just a bit hibernatory in feel. In the morning I headed into Bicester, doing the rounds of the shops, I got some new cartridges for my brush pen, explored the new Wilkinson’s –…
Continue readingThu, 23:16: has got my first book sitting in Amazon ready to hit publish. ‘The Underhill Buttons’ by Deborah Shepherd aka. Mum 🙂
Continue readingMy productive and successful week has continued into the evening. Watched two brilliant programmes tonight on tele: Hugh Dennis’ brilliant new programme on the British Countryside and the wonderful Restoration Man – this week about a converted railway water tower….
Continue readingI feel vindicated in the theory put forward yesterday. After assistance yesterday setting up the technical side of the new webserver, today I more or less, single-handedly got all my websites that currently operate on two failing servers working on…
Continue readingMy job title may be the grandly sounding Web and Digital Media officer, but I am essentially a web designer; I’m also writer; I can paint and draw… I am essentially a creative individual. I like technology and I enjoy…
Continue readingSo, disappointingly, after the gloriousness of the snow and sunshine of yesterday, today was altogether a greyer day. Still, that was probably a good thing as it made doing jobs a bit easier to bear. Emma headed off early to…
Continue readingIt seems that Abingdon Concert Band and snow don’t mix. the decision was made early to cancel tonight’s rehearsal, which actually I think I’m glad of. The snow started at about the time I would have left this evening and…
Continue readingI find myself confused by this article on the so-called digital self-publishing debate. At the end of the article I am still none the wiser as to whether the writer of the article is for or against digital self-publishing. After…
Continue readingFollowing my lunch today I finished off the illustration left from last night whilst seated at the table in the little office kitchen. Whilst I was there one of the anthropologist lecturers came in for his lunch, heated up his…
Continue readingAfter such a creatively inspiring and joyful weekend, today was, somewhat of a let down. A very, very Monday. Taking the sensible option of avoiding possibly icy roads and leaving early to head down the main roads to Oxford, it…
Continue readingSat, 17:58: is writing about illustrating. The illustrated eBook: http://t.co/jvz2kzxi #writing #TheEndOfAllWorlds #eBooks #kindle Sat, 21:49: is looking out on a good inch of snow… #uksnow OX26 Sat, 23:48: is 12 illustrations down, 24 to go… #TheEndOfAllWorlds #illustrations #novel #ebook…
Continue readingNot that it is over yet – I am about to embark on some more drawing/illustrating – but this weekend has been, if very, very cold, very enjoyable too. Yesterday, Ros and Nick came over for the afternoon with James…
Continue readingI’ve been wanting to put illustrations to The End Of All Worlds for a long time. Actually I’ve always wanted illustrations in my books – the early ‘novel’, Ruins of the Old which I wrote aged 17/18 and submitted to…
Continue readingFri, 21:59: has been interviewed by Helen Kitson… http://t.co/1u46Oach #interviews #life #memes Fri, 23:29: likes the idea of an illustrated eBook novel. Oh yes, I do… #ebooks #kindle #illustrated
Continue readingÓdinn, who has committed crimes in his own world and has been cast out to walk the world of men for all eternity, desires to return home. He enlists the help of Charles Ancell, a young, ambitious, aluminum developer to…
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