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 moreI had a part review of the first eight chapter of Mr Tumnal from Sophie today. Whilst the first part of her critique filled me with horror: I’m enjoying your story, it’s quite a mystery. I still feel as if…
Continue reading10:50 really hates being ambushed on the phone by people who are unhappy with something that I haven’t done but that they never told me to do?!? # 10:57 To whomsoever it concerns: please ensure that you have told me…
Continue reading10:50 really hates being ambushed on the phone by people who are unhappy with something that I haven’t done but that they never told me to do?!? # 10:57 To whomsoever it concerns: please ensure that you have told me…
Continue reading16:38 my top 3 most memerable childrens books: Swallows & Amazons; Fire & Hemlock; The Church Mouse via @lettyandtiminou @Bug_Club #WorldBookDay # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading16:38 my top 3 most memerable childrens books: Swallows & Amazons; Fire & Hemlock; The Church Mouse \via @lettyandtiminou @Bug_Club #WorldBookDay # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading11:21 has fixed yesterday’s problem. Unfortunately, I have had to create another one to do it! #webdesign #nigggles # 12:00 now has a demo where I have BOTH news AND events on the same page. This *is* progress… #web #tinkering…
Continue reading11:21 has fixed yesterday’s problem. Unfortunately, I have had to create another one to do it! #webdesign #nigggles # 12:00 now has a demo where I have BOTH news AND events on the same page. This *is* progress… #web #tinkering…
Continue reading22:20 writes about entwining legend in modern stories… shepline.livejournal.com/860077.html #writing #progress #MrTumnal # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
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Continue readingKathryn felt the passion of this story more than any other. She felt the pain of Tam’s life in her heart, and through it a connection to it. Immediately upon finishing it she read it over again and returned to…
Continue readingKathryn felt the passion of this story more than any other. She felt the pain of Tam’s life in her heart, and through it a connection to it. Immediately upon finishing it she read it over again and returned to…
Continue reading10:02 is alone in the office… # 11:36 : NEW VIDEO! Simon’s Cat in ‘Sitcky Tape’ www.youtube.com/simonscat \via @SimonsCat # 18:45 wants you to write to your MP and help people with autism… bit.ly/fRNWHO # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue readingI do love BBC4’s The Beauty of Books dearly, but in many ways there could have been just a bit more of this little series. Like in tonight’s one where you went from 1984, to Clockwork Orange, straight through to…
Continue reading20:51:23: has found the first wife of the husband of my Great Grand Aunt Blanche! #genealogy Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading17:48 has just gone to download some photos from today to discover that I don’t have a Feb 2011 folder yet? Something weird is going on! # 19:32 : if looks could kill then Nellie would just have murdered me……
Continue reading09:12:36: : if ever you needed to put life in perspective – Hilary describes being caught in the NZ Earthquake http://boo.fm/b286599 \via @106jackfm 10:10:53: has just discovered @tweetake and gone back into the @shepline archives… http://tweetake.com/ 19:47:20: http://amzn.com/k/1S0DHE6KREELQ #Kindle 19:51:36:…
Continue reading14:11 : under the appreciation of the silent fog, the tolling bell… #writing #research amzn.com/k/W1C8NZVQ6LNS #Kindle # 22:49 : of the music heard so deeply, that is not heard at all… #writing #research amzn.com/k/295920SII27XS #Kindle # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter
Continue reading13:28 Getting to the heart of #MrTumnal’s world… #writing amzn.com/k/EWYMF19U9I2T #Kindle # 13:48 In which Louis Tumnal realises his fate… #writing #plotting #research amzn.com/k/2UM699EWVEDX4 #Kindle # 15:36 considers that Trafalgar Sq is too small to occupy. Hyde park is v….
Continue reading23:33 is curious as to why I have to wait all weekend for the inspiration, and then it does arrive its 11pm on Sunday night! #writing # 21:24 has just fallen in love again with BBC4’s “The Beauty of Books”….
Continue reading18:41:27: feels like today has been altogether more of a productive one… Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
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