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 more10:32 twitpic.com/wcch2 – You have received a new message # 22:58 is utterly gobsmacked. What? I mean, you what?! I’m trying not to think about it but, ‘eck its hard. Unbelievable… *shakes head* # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by…
Continue readingWe had a nce Shepherd family walk today down at Ogdens and the Latchmoor valley which was all frosty and frozen and beautiful in the sunshine. I might have gone a wee bit crazy with the photographs… This afternoon has…
Continue reading16:00 is having a nice relaxing read on the sofa in front of the fire… when I’m being leapt on by two shrieking nephews! # 17:23 : Ian told Jonas off; he called him Thomas… 🙁 # Bleated on behalf…
Continue readingThe passing of the first decade of the (not so) new millennium is something that has crept up on me, but a decade has passed; another moment in time. So what’s changed in the intervening 10 years? Then: 1999/2010 1….
Continue reading366 days ago, I listed the books that I had read in 2008 as a permanent record of my reading and as a means to find out how I was doing with my perennial resolution to read more. So, by…
Continue readingAfter last night’s events, I took today easy, venturing only so far as the garden to feed the animals. Beyond that, I snuggled on the sofa most the morning, and read, and updated the past few days of my journal….
Continue reading~ Far from the snow storms that we have been promised, it was freezing cold and very wet out today. I did go out in it if only to stock up on veggies and such like in Bicester town. ~…
Continue reading10:14 wonders… Why??? # 11:21 really wonders why some people just don’t get it… # 17:05 has got the turkey and ham pie in the oven… # 18:37 is, ah well … never mind… # 20:09 has knocked his glasses…
Continue reading08:55 : 9 o’clock, this morning, Radio 4; be there… # 09:39 RT Making sense of what twitter is for… @neilhimself There’s an excellent thread at Making Light on What Twitter Is. bit.ly/8hzmqr # 12:35 is reducing the meaty carcass…
Continue readingWe spent a nice morning outside cleaning out the bunnies and the chickens before I disappeared inside to dismember the rest of the turkey and boiled the carcass up into a delicious soup. This afternoon, we headed out to the…
Continue reading22:27 RT Useful.. @nationaltrust Looking for seasonal produce? Find out what’s in season with our “Plot to Plate” guide bit.ly/5nXrmJ # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue readingA day in Buckinghamshire today; journeying to a land still capped in ice and snow. First off we went to Amersham to collect Grannie, before stopping off at Sue’s to return her coat, and heading on to Em’s parents. We…
Continue reading18:44 isn’t sure that the cats were too impressed that I was holding their food in my hand, but paused in the act to dance along to The Typewriter # 20:07 : whenever I come out of the garage, the…
Continue readingEmma’s mum and dad left us after breakfast, and we had time to sling the vacumn cleaner around the housea before the Shaw family arrived to exchange presents and enjoy a snack lunch. After the loud and frenetic day that…
Continue reading10:19 has put The Bird in the oven… # 11:59 twitpic.com/v4nla – You have received a new message # 12:02 twitpic.com/v4nux – You have received a new message # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter
Continue readingWaking up on Christmas morning, we had a relaxed breakfast, before putting The Bird in the oven and heading out for a Christmas morning walk at Brill Hill. Absolutely beautiful… It has to be said that Christmas Day hasn’t been…
Continue reading00:51 is all wrapped up! 🙂 # 10:07 is about to venture out to get a turkey… # 10:18 twitpic.com/uxnf1 – You have received a new message # 13:34 has had a traumatic day. First I slipped on the ice,…
Continue readingIn the end I got to bed at about one o’clock last night (or should I say one o’clock this morning?!) and put the light out shortly after a quick read to ease me into sleep. This morning it was…
Continue readingIf yesterday was like working in a ghost town; today, even the ghosts had got up and gone out. For my last morning of work this year, there was no one about. I had feared that it was going to…
Continue reading08:54 twitpic.com/ursao – You have received a new message # 08:57 twitpic.com/ursk9 – You have received a new message # 08:59 twitpic.com/ursrd – You have received a new message # 09:23 RT All you’ve got to do is ask! @billgoodyear…
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