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~ I opened the first door on our advent calendar this morning; an illustration of a Mary on a donkey. It’s a pop-out calendar from Oxfam depicting the traditional crib scene. For two people who are not religiously-inclined it might…
Continue reading12:32:53: is off to see the new Harry Potter tomorrow evening. Yeah!! 🙂 Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
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Continue reading00:24:58: has done it. Almost a year and a half later, I have compiled and ordered the honeymoon album. Exciting times! 🙂 09:28:00: has woken up to the lightest of dustings of snow across my little piece of England… 🙂…
Continue reading23:18:33: is uploading possibly the biggest PDF file in the world. 187 megabytes and counting… 23:18:59: is uploading possibly the biggest PDF file in the world. 187 megabytes and counting… #honeymoonalbum 23:56:54: thinks that I might just about get this…
Continue reading10:56:03: : Party in the library: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjqXGdK2VAA via @janerawson 11:01:31: : 88 forced perspective pictures: http://bit.ly/fPbbrh via @BlurbBooks 13:13:36: wonders how many times, for how many months, I have to tell people that I am Thomas not Tom before they…
Continue reading17:31:21: How Twitter is killing Channel Krish http://bit.ly/8XhFi4 via @krishgm 22:45:14: 92 pages later and I’m done… 🙂 #honeymoonalbum Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
Continue reading21:05:38: wonders if any Bicester folk can recommend a good plumber (for future reference)…? Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
Continue reading19:32:45: knows no greater fun than chasing a chicken around a dark garden. Not… 20:02:53: RT @JeremyJHardy: http://tiny.cc/mddou Interesting take on the Royal Wedding. Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
Continue reading12:00:39: I scored 4 out of 7 on the BBC News Quiz http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11790252 15:32:42: Try graze for free – just go to www.graze.com and use the code RVBVNP5T to get a free box 22:32:54: Just brilliant! 🙂 The Hairy Bikers…
Continue readingHad a bit of a revelation this week as regards the titles of four parts of Mr Tumnal’s story. Picking up on the auTumnal theme I now have: 1) Summers School; 2) Autumn Leaves; 3) Cold Winter; and 4) Spring…
Continue reading10:01:02: : Sarah Palin thinks she could beat Obama in 2012. In her dreams and our uttermost terrifying nightmares via @janerawson 10:03:53: had inspiration hit on the commute to work. New part titles for #MrTumnal: 1. Summers School/2. Autumn Leaves/3….
Continue reading12:11:58: Is that Royal News? Excellent article by @krishgm http://bit.ly/cCDIln 15:37:39: : Couple who met at university to marry http://bit.ly/9npRqF via @krishgm 23:30:52: has finished day 2 of Eilean Shona. Just days 3-8, Glasgow, Edinburgh, pine martins and the view…
Continue reading12:19:08: notes that We are to have a royal wedding next year. Will it be a lavish affair or an austerity marriage? 12:28:49: : “the year which would have marked the 30th anniversary”? Now I feel old!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11765422 Tweets copied…
Continue reading18:59:44: thinks that is wrong to have to deice one’s car at the end of work as well as before! #wintryweather 19:00:33: thinks that its cold out there; thinks that the place to be is snuggled in the lounge next…
Continue reading23:44:52: has just taken about 45 minutes to eat a single piece of @EmmaEShepherd’s speciality rock-fudge… Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
Continue reading13:51:42: can witness another glimpse into Bicester’s history… http://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/191361/8628809 #bicester #localhistory Tweets copied by twittinesis.com
Continue reading23:24:17: hopes that the Hercules pilot that keeps on circling our house, again and again and again, is going to get bored soon… 23:42:19: …and again. Do they not have homes to go to? 23:49:59: THESE are the students that…
Continue reading12:16:52: has had a client default on their agreement. I really need to get myself some terms and conditions sorted out… #webdesign #contracts 23:11:05: is redesigning. Well, taking a design from one CMS system and porting it into another. It’s…
Continue reading00:10:16: can’t quite believe that quick as a flash, Bella caught a woodmouse whilst walking home from her ‘patch’. Nifty… 10:36:14: RT @ssl_brookes: Your university needs you. Oxford Brooks vs. University of Arts London; University Challenge; tonight, BBC2; 8pm! http:…
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