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 more18:22 : UEA climate change email report clears them of any wrongdoing. 1st mention of climate change since election was called via @marcusbrig # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading09:58 : on writing the line between two lives… bit.ly/aahSXn #writing #MrTumnal #imaginaryfriends # 10:30 : on the changing seasons and why harsh winters makes Spring so great… bit.ly/bK2doq #springwatch # 13:52 : if you refer to the left side…
Continue readingI’ve had this idea mulling around in my head for a few years now. I have no idea if its an original thought, or if I heard it somewhere, but it does seem to be an excellent idea – if…
Continue readingWalking across the playing fields today to get to work with the trees all bursting with new life, their leaves unfolding fresh greenery, and a warm sun on my face, it seems hard to believe that just a few months…
Continue readingFollowing on from a successful writing week, I am back to the kind of writing which is more akin to snatching moments. These, most frequently, come at lunch, after the others have left, just finding enough time to get one…
Continue reading10:24 is playing with anthropological images, and dreaming up story plots whilst listening to #MrTumnal’s playlist… #work # 12:28 has just worked out how Miss Leroy does it; how she controls him, and its not very nice… #MrTumnal #ideas #…
Continue reading11:38 is whisking egg whites… # 14:57 RT @@DrEvanHarris Avg cost wedding=£20k; even if u qualify 4 Tory married tax-brk, U brk even on 133rd anniv bit.ly/dy4iUv Incentive? # 18:43 has had a very enjoyable afternoon in the garden planting…
Continue readingI’ve had a busy, productive, and pleasently tiring weekend working in the garden. And we had our first harvest and feed off the rhubarb tonight, and judging by how it’s growing it won’t be long before we have the next…
Continue reading20:27 is pleasently tired after an afternoon in the garden cutting down a tree, planting a new one and putting in the ‘Last Rose of Summer’ 🙂 # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue reading09:31 would vote for @DrEvanHarris if I could. Is the #LibDem Banbury candidate also good & can they tactically unseat the ineffectual #TonyBaldry # 10:17 : my UK General Election quiz results at whoshouldyouvotefor.com: GRN+34 LIB+18 LAB-8 bit.ly/adPunZ #ge2010 /via…
Continue readingWho should you vote for? UK General Election quiz Green 34 Liberal Democrat 18 Labour -8 Conservative -10 UK Independence -12 You expected: LIB Your recommendation: Green ( more details about these results )
Continue reading09:58 woke to the sound of the Dawn Chorus this morning and a glorious day has risen… #ukspring # 11:50 leaves my computer for one moment and discovers that his characters have got on and signed up for their own…
Continue readingI was woken at 5.30 this morning by the most sonorific dawn chorus – it was beautiful. And the day that followed it was the most perfect, gorgeous Spring day that one could imagine. Sadly it was also a day…
Continue reading10:14 is back at work again after a very nice 11 days off… # 12:49 is ready for lunch… bit.ly/cnWC5a /via @ratsinabag # 15:01 : I’m not a nutter; I’m just a writer. 😉 bit.ly/blZRGv # 16:24 is looking out…
Continue readingIt being the school holidays, it made the return to work a little easier. After my day in the garden yesterday I was tired and achey this morning and not really that with it, thankfully the traffic was light and…
Continue reading18:36 has procrastinated out into the garden, sown more grass seed, laid turf for the buns, staked out a raised bed & planted oregano #WritingWeek # 20:35 is very tired; but nice, productively, healthily tired, like when I do conservation…
Continue readingTo be fair I never actually got round to sitting down to write today. Starting off the day, I headed out on a nice drive through the Oxfordshire countryside, going through Ayhno and Adderbury in search of hard wax oil,…
Continue reading18:55 found it very nice to arrive home after a w/e to find all cats present and correct, tho’ it did take some time to satisfy 12 hungry mouths # 21:14 has now seen Cambridge do the double. Boatrace on…
Continue readingI’ve had a nice, relaxing weekend with Emma down with my mum and dad in the New Forest, involving activities as relaxed as walking round Exbury Gardens, and as energetic as chasing nine New Forest ponies around and out of…
Continue reading09:00 would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter! 🙂 # 16:15 has had a very nice walk in Exbury gardens with Emma and Barney and Mum and Dad and my camera, in the sunshine. More later… # 17:35…
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