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 more~ This weekend has been a weekend of birthdaying. Yesterday we went Ros’ open afternoon of birthday tea, and got to meet her and Nick’s gorgeous new daughter Sophie. We don’t see Ros and Nick (and James and Sophie) nearly…
Continue reading22:47 wonders whether, had we played Beauty & the Beast, Simpsons, or Saving Private Ryan, would I have had the courage to play #piccolo tonight? # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading11:40 Excellent article – a little piracy is actually a good thing t.co/oFbRMCYd via @slate @stephenfry @janerawson # 18:20 finds myself wanting to buy myself a roll film and taking my old camera for a walk again… t.co/RBGBdxle #kodak #photography…
Continue readingA few years ago, after Kodak announced it was pulling out of making 35mm cameras I did feel a bit of a tinge of sadness, until veeb pointed out that whilst Kodak were famed for their film (Kodak: the colours,…
Continue reading11:08 : the downside of a new office. I think the new carpet smell is giving me a headache… 🙁 # 15:18 Find out about the conservation work of @hss_brookes Dr Anna Nekaris, soon to be seen on BBC2’s Jungle…
Continue readingAfter moving into the Faculty Marketing Emporium yesterday, today I was joined by my new office mates, in the form of Claire and Emrys. I’ve been on my own since the IT folk moved out in September, and I have…
Continue reading15:38 is now safely installed back in the new look *old office*. Looking pretty bright, airy and comfortable… 🙂 # 21:02 has saved £572.74 on delivery changes alone in the last 2 years, just by being signed up to @ocadouk…
Continue readingQuite excitingly, I got to move back into my old office today after refurbishment. Since I left before Christmas, the dividing wall between my office and next door has come down, its been redecorated throughout, re-carpeted and lovely new furniture…
Continue reading10:33 is applying for ISBN numbers… # 17:44 is wondering how slow the passport agency website can be…?!? # 18:54 would like to kindly request no spoilers about tonight’s #Sherlock. Emma’s working so won’t be watching it until tomorrow. Thanks…
Continue readingIt has always been the case that Sunday afternoons in January were made for researching holidays. We have been considering a trip to Greenland this year, but we’ve decided that we can’t really afford to do it justice. There are…
Continue readingEmma is on nights this weekend, and so, with the chances that a large part of tomorrow will be spent asleep, we headed out this morning with the aim of spending as much time as possible outdoors enjoying the weather….
Continue reading23:37 considers the rise in self-ePublishing… t.co/0KZ1QkrR # 18:57 after a very nice day out in the Oxfordshire countryside, have said farewell to Emma for the nightshift. Home alone tonight… # 20:25 is going to go and dust off the…
Continue reading08:42 RT @WstonesOxfordSt I saw the apostrophe on my way to work this morning. It’s not looking too well. t.co/6OAARGiF # 12:16 Have you heard about @bicestervets great FREE nurses clinics? t.co/JW7dC75P # 15:00 just read an interesting article about…
Continue readingIn today’s The Guardian there was a profile of Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online, and its a story that does give hope to all aspiring writers who are building up an expansive collection of rejection…
Continue reading12:24 finds it annoying when people still double-space after full stops. It’s really not necessary in the post-typewriter age! #punctuationgripes # 16:23 My heart bleeds for Tesco. Maybe their bubble has finally burst… t.co/ckWtKPBO # 17:43 is inputting final corrections….
Continue readingThe Kindle has proved a pretty useful tool for final editing of my novel, The End of All Worlds. I have been able to use it to read the story, afresh, comfortably, whilst marking up changes and corrections using the…
Continue reading22:47 : my thoughts on the proposed #HS2 (for what they’re worth) t.co/5h9o5tZ3 # 11:57 : the pros and cons of self-ePublishing… t.co/SKJRglKN # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue readingI am confused by Cameron’s latest call for film funding to only go to commercially successful films in the future. Many have already raised the issue better than I can that you can’t predict what is going to become a…
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Continue reading12:26 #bbcstargazing Live will be back on BBC2 next Mon/Tue/Wed… \via @daraobriain @ProfBrianCox # 12:49 has spent the morning unlearning all the joys of new-fangled CSS to make old fashioned html look nice… #webdesign #htmlemails # 22:47 : my thoughts…
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