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 more22:54 writing on the tenth day of advent: concerts and standing ovations… t.co/1ODxXAmp # 22:56 writes on the eleventh day of advent: of the chores after the night before… t.co/V2k5zulK # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue readingToday has been a productive if busy one. With emej working the second of her crazy 12½ hour weekend shifts, I was in charge of cleaning out the bunnies and chickens today, and then cleaning the house and processing the…
Continue readingAs Stephen Bell – our new conductor at Abingdon Concert Band – told the audience at tonight’s concert, today has been the busiest shopping day in the run up to Christmas and thus, surely Christmas starts here. In the attrative…
Continue readingAs Stephen Bell – our new conductor at Abingdon Concert Band – told the audience at tonight’s concert, today has been the busiest shopping day in the run up to Christmas and thus, surely Christmas starts here. In the attrative…
Continue reading22:58 : so even if they love the book, the name might be wrong… t.co/tc4pytut #writing #writers #publishing # 12:39 Ed blog post: European summit outcome is looking increasingly worrying for the UK t.co/5P9IsEvt # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading22:58 : so even if they love the book, the name might be wrong… t.co/tc4pytut #writing #writers #publishing # 12:39 Ed blog post: European summit outcome is looking increasingly worrying for the UK t.co/5P9IsEvt # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue readingI find myself under the impression that our knobhead of a Prime Minister has done just about the most prattish thing he has ever done. Regardless of the the rights and wrongs of the situation Cameron really does seem to…
Continue readingI find myself under the impression that our knobhead of a Prime Minister has done just about the most prattish thing he has ever done. Regardless of the the rights and wrongs of the situation Cameron really does seem to…
Continue reading~ Tonight was our last rehearsal of term, and the last before our Christmas concert, and the short season of carrolling events throughout the month. It went well, and I think it might be a good one. It’s in a…
Continue reading~ Tonight was our last rehearsal of term, and the last before our Christmas concert, and the short season of carrolling events throughout the month. It went well, and I think it might be a good one. It’s in a…
Continue reading00:01 Stop Press! After dinner too, but I have just weighed myself again. Two stone! Two. Whole. Stone. Lost… 🙂 # 12:05 was impressed with the original engineer who came to look at faulty TV but is not so less…
Continue reading00:01 Stop Press! After dinner too, but I have just weighed myself again. Two stone! Two. Whole. Stone. Lost… 🙂 # 12:05 was impressed with the original engineer who came to look at faulty TV but is not so less…
Continue reading~ the strange fault on our television reoccurred, annoyingly the very day after the engineer closed the job on their system – spent considerable effort trying to persuade Comet to skip the stage of sending another engineer to possibly look…
Continue reading~ the strange fault on our television reoccurred, annoyingly the very day after the engineer closed the job on their system – spent considerable effort trying to persuade Comet to skip the stage of sending another engineer to possibly look…
Continue reading11:09 wonders whether #MrTumnal was listening to this? t.co/nMiqHQ44 #imaginaryfriends # 19:20 has lost another 1lb… slow’n’steady – just 1lb away from 2 stone lost… # 19:33 has just been visited by Father Christmas in a v. large sleigh playing…
Continue reading11:09 wonders whether #MrTumnal was listening to this? t.co/nMiqHQ44 #imaginaryfriends # 19:20 has lost another 1lb… slow’n’steady – just 1lb away from 2 stone lost… # 19:33 has just been visited by Father Christmas in a v. large sleigh playing…
Continue readingSeeing Nellie playing under the Christmas tree skirt last night was reminiscent of 18 years ago and Bramble as a kitten playing under the Christmas tree. I found this footage recently on an old VHS tape from Christmas 1993. We…
Continue readingSeeing Nellie playing under the Christmas tree skirt last night was reminiscent of 18 years ago and Bramble as a kitten playing under the Christmas tree. I found this footage recently on an old VHS tape from Christmas 1993. We…
Continue reading07:24 would like to know what it is about pasta that has it go not boil, not boil, not boil, BOIL OVER! Every. Single.Time… # 11:23 wonders what kind of Christmas tree do you think we should have this year…?…
Continue reading07:24 would like to know what it is about pasta that has it go not boil, not boil, not boil, BOIL OVER! Every. Single.Time… # 11:23 wonders what kind of Christmas tree do you think we should have this year…?…
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