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 more21:51 : the Scottish play and other superstitions… guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreb… #theatre # 09:35 …somewhat appropriately, today I shall be photographing the Day of the Dead for work. I think its something to do with Mexico…? #
Continue reading21:49 can’t quite believe that we are going to a post-midnight showing of #ghostbusters at the cinema tonight! #
Continue reading18:11 after two weeks, inc. 1 week of holiday food-eating-badness, I’m precisely the same weight as before. I call that a result… 😉 # 13:51 How many people are in this seemingly empy tent? youtube.com/watch?v=aBYAUl… #OccupyLSX (@TheTimesLive @Telegraph @MailOnline @DailyExpressUK)…
Continue reading21:28 was utterly gobsmacked by the inappropriate humour of a work colleague I had never met until today. It set me reeling… # 19:59 thinks that, considering this week’s weather, @EmmaEShepherd and I made the right choice having our holiday…
Continue reading18:11 wonders whether a protest can ever be part-time? I think not… guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/25… #
Continue reading17:01 : after polishing my grannie a couple of days ago, today I be digitising my gran… #familyarchives # 15:40 admires the seasonal joys of autumnal scrumping… guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2″ #porkandapple #recipes # 15:38 curses it that I’m on a diet… 🙁…
Continue reading19:30 Now this is going to be very useful, I think! Sweet! Instagram filters as photoshop actions dbox.tumblr.com/post/542624900… \via @janerawson # 18:30 : the icing on the cake of a brilliant holiday: to come home to discover that Beavis and…
Continue reading16:41 has to say that I have been uncharacteristically observant today… #noticingthings # 15:35 has seen a Perigrin Falcon. Very exciting! #birdwatching # 13:44 there’s nothing quite like going to a pier to polish your grandmother… twitpic.com/73j3r1 #
Continue reading18:30 wonders what it is with dictators and holes? First Saddam hides out under an outside toilet, now Gaddafi is found in an irrigation channel # 16:47 finally has a day when my ability to walk is not hampered by…
Continue readingI’ve wanted to go to Mat Follas’ Wild Garlic restaurant ever since he won Masterchef in 2009. Today, as a small indulgence on our holiday we set off on a sunny autumn day to the small but charmingly beautiful Dorset…
Continue reading22:21 : on the holiday indulgence at @matkiwi’s Wild Garlic restaurant: shepline.livejournal.com/912673.html #food #goodrestaurants # 20:30 has just had one of the best meals ever at the @matkiwi‘s Wild Garlic restaurant and even met Matt Follas himself! #
Continue reading18:36 After #pasterising for so long its good to be #writing again, and what’s nicer than a new leather book for the conc. of #MrTumnal’s story? # 18:31 twitpic.com/6izbpi # 18:31 twitpic.com/6izar6 #
Continue reading18:55 finds it quite an odd experience to be watching a video of Gran & Granpy Powney. Its not much but I’m glad I did it when I did… #family # 16:55 considers a log fire, a good book, and…
Continue reading15:56 is glad to see the Big Bang sausage restaurant is coming back! RT @BigBangMax Ok, recruiting for The Big Bang 2 #Oxford #food #goodthings # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading23:35 is reading #TheEndOfAllWorlds back dor maybe the first real time, and I have to say, it’s good… #thenovel # 16:20 has just discovered that you can now get the @guardian on #kindle. Scampers off to sign up to free…
Continue reading23:01 has successfully succeeded in pasterising a novel. #TheEndOfAllWorlds #pasterisation # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading14:49 is down to the last three chapters of pasterisation… #TheEndOfAllWorlds #futureebooks #pasterisation # 16:12 notices that whenever I type ‘through’, my fingers always want to type an extra t at the end… #weirdfingers #touchtyping # 17:34 considers that you…
Continue reading22:57 has got just 76 more pages of pasterisation to go… #TheEndOfAllWorlds #futureebook # 18:35 loves the smell of a roast in the oven… #loveautumn # 18:43 listening to @AdrianEdmondson and the #BadShepherds on #LooseEnds. When did #LooseEnds get good?…
Continue reading10:34 You know it’s Autumn when @BBCAutumnwatch is back! Snuggle down tonight and enjoy (and if you can kick some leaves on the way home…) 🙂 # 12:53 finds that you can’t beat a bit of Sigur Rós for getting…
Continue reading07:43 Mmnn… cake! 🙂 t.co/ssUgtJSU # 21:26 has seen it all now! @emmaeshepherd is traiing the cats to sit on a cushion for treats… # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
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