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 more20:49 is considering musical tempos, part subtitles, and leaf monsters… 😉 #MrTumnal #creativity # 22:10 has a conundrum. A girl has come from the headmistress to get Sarah out of Louis’ class. But she csn’t ask for Sarah [surname]… #…
Continue readingSo last week, we had a holiday; the original staycation. On the Saturday we cleaned the house, got the shopping in and cleaned out the animals ready to leave our normal lives and go on holiday, from home, going to…
Continue reading12:39 isn’t getting married today, but is having a nice relaxing morning reading in a sunny garden remembering the day, a year ago, when he di … # 20:41 thinks that a bbq in the garden, and the concluding tracks…
Continue reading09:33 You have received a new message twitpic.com/1py078 # 12:52 has been freed from aforementioned torture. Emma’s present was a 1940s style bakelite telephone… 🙂 I would never, and did never, guess! # 14:24 You have received a new message…
Continue reading18:03 has had a very nice strolling round Upton House gardens and has a blooming great Broom to show for it. Time to relax now in the garden… # 18:24 wonders whether @janerawson would permit me in having things happen…
Continue reading09:49 has just heard his first cookoo of the year… #ukspring #springwatch # 09:51 has just heard his first cookoo of the year… #OX26 #ukspring #springwatch # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading18:57 likes writing in the garden. It’s what fountain pens and leather-bound notebooks were made for… # 21:37 wants to know how he missed Deep Secret when it was published in 1997? Diana Wynne Jones at her Fire & Hemlock…
Continue reading12:49 now understands why it is they invented a machine for making butter… # 13:29 wonders what the correct reaction should be when your wife starts taping half a litre of cream to a fan…?! # 13:45 : the fan…
Continue reading11:54 : holidays. When the default position is to curl up in the armchair with a book, and not to get the ‘puter out. 🙂 # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading10:35 : the sun is shining; the grass is green… 🙂 # 11:35 is facing a week of torture. My birthday present has arrived, its wrapped up & Em has left it in the out. By its size & shape,…
Continue reading07:22 woke up to jail break in the garden, and two badly behaved but proud looking bunnies enjoying the local area… # 09:52 is assembling the truth… #geeky # 16:32 is on holiday. Yeah!! 🙂 # 20:14 has just had…
Continue reading15:49 has released the wireless webcam into the wild. Where will it goes, nobody knows… # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading08:00 was hoping that events of last night were just a bad dream, but it seems not. We really do have to live the full horror of the nightmare… # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading14:13 is participating in my first ever web conference. Must remember not to do something I shouldn’t… # 19:41 is hoping that the LibDems will temper the wilder urges of a Tory government. Here’s to getting rid of the Tories…
Continue reading20:05 has discovered why the #HairyBikers are the size and shape that they are. Suffolk Pork Chops in cider with caramelised apple though, yum 🙂 # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading14:41 is at the Malvern Show. Plant bliss… 🙂 # 19:17 : a nation that invented a game played for five days that can result in a draw can cope with a hung parliament” #GE2010 via @ianshepherd # 21:42 has…
Continue reading23:12 is really hoping the exit poll is wrong and DC has to eat his smarmy face… #ge2010 # 23:15 : revised exit polls show LibDems doing better at Tories expense. Maybe, just maybe, we aren’t sunk… #ge2010 # 23:24…
Continue reading09:45 : the big question is do I dare hit ‘shuffle songs’ and risk the horror of 25 years of purchasing choices? I vote yes via @marcusbrig # 10:01 would like to say to anyone who chooses not to vote…
Continue reading09:14 is looking forward to all 3 parties claiming victory on friday! (Lib Dems will claim the moral victory!) via @krishgm # 12:57 : BBC to project real-time election results on Big Ben’s tower bit.ly/cPDO0r via @janerawson @BoingBoing # 19:24…
Continue reading15:12 Where I live I have the power of 0.11 votes. See your result at voterpower.org.uk #GE2010 #VPI # 20:39 is salivating over Suffolk – Hairy Biker style… #HairyBikers # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
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