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 more10:53 has dug out the corded mouse to use with the laptop whilst putting up seminar details. Scooter is facinated by the movement of the lead… # 22:15 is getting really fed up with not being able to walk properly……
Continue reading10:25 normally notices when I accidentally swallow a cherry stone… I don’t think this cherry had a stone! #cherries #weirdness # 18:33 has, one year on, finally managed to connect my Humax box up to my Windows 7 laptop! #geeky…
Continue reading12:36 has a tummy that’s making the most dreadful gurgling noises. Odd considering breakfast was later than usual & it’s not yet usual lunchtime. # 17:02 There’s nothing quite so menacing as seeing one’s wife advance towards the doctor’s surgery…
Continue reading13:55 “Hey, climate/weather confusers. If snow = no global warming, why haven’t you got anything to say about this heatwave?” /via @keridavies # 13:58 is feeling a bit guilty at just sitting, reading with my foot up, but… Too. Painful….
Continue reading23:26 enjoyed @abingdonconcert band tonight, but found it just a little bit surreal to rounding off the night with Anderson’s ‘Sleigh Ride’?!? # 10:10 has requisitioned a box of printer of paper and is taking a slightly more laid back…
Continue reading12:21 likes the sound of the Kindle Fire & it has more obtainable price tag; still not got the dual screen of tablet & ebook t.co/2MPBJw19 # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
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 reading10:30 can see the bottom of my inbox for the first time in three months! #work #gettingthere # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading18:23 downloaded a selection of classic books to my #kindle from @gutenbooks. Early thoughts are appalling layout and typesetting. Not impressed. # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading10:44 Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman t.co/Vk0ZbUBK \via @bbcnews # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading10:36 I scored 128 pounds on the Met Office weather game and was ranked as a ‘Red Hot Meteorologist’ t.co/xu3R2OaN via @metoffice # 10:51 Not sure what geo-engineering is, and want to hear what my Dad says about it? t.co/siwPfoC7…
Continue reading14:15 is looking for publicly accessible *research* documents on the net concerning the Faery Queen… #research #writing #MrTumnal # 14:48 writing at the work space of the modern writer… t.co/uLoDo6dR # 19:46 wonders if I am alone in actually quite…
Continue reading16:01 has decided that #Zope is painstakingly slow. It’s making me want to kick something. My bad toe is the only thing that’s stopping me… # 17:10 has reached an excellent point at which too stop. At the point of…
Continue reading21:18 has just downloaded the #librarything scanner app – that’s book geek for you! # 21:27 has just been watching #Outnumbered and wonders if its really true that children today don’t know what #Tiddlywinks are? # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading12:15 “FB is mass market for personal use, Twitter is a platform for public broadcasting, and G+ is a niche forum for geeks” t.co/EuVxevDJ # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading11:54 has seen the end of analogue BBC2 broadcasting today… #digitalswitchover #geekfacts # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading23:06 : like with Polly im Fire & Hemlock, but with no sets of memories imstead of two… t.co/iWNuLyp #Kindle # 10:44 I do think its important to save/restore #RoaldDahl’s shed but honestly, surely the estate/family good find the money?…
Continue reading22:21 thought this week’s #DoctorWho was a stonker of an episode! Certainly put the current #torchwood drivel in it’s place. Thanks @steven_moffat # 22:58 loves a bit of #foraging in the autumn… #simplepleasures t.co/N7m0vv3 # 23:30 wonders how you explain…
Continue reading15:28 has decided that whilst I love what computers can do, I hate actual computers… #oldlaptopsdontplayball # 22:21 thought this week’s #DoctorWho was a stonker of an episode! Certainly put the current #torchwood drivel in it’s place. Thanks @steven_moffat #…
Continue reading12:24 just found myself compelled to buy this album after hearing it on the radio. How can something so sad make me so happy? t.co/ut9K2Tw # 16:29 is looking at the garden in autumn… t.co/dU7w8GF # 16:37 Vintage Cat! t.co/nbjrrHr…
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