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 more09:42:23 @ratsinabag them books be double-parked 09:46:40 three days and counting… 🙂 20:34:35 is packing, packing, packing 20:34:47 is so much stuff… 20:35:24 is packing, packing, packing, so, so, so much stuff…
Continue reading09:32:02 and wife-to-be spent Sunday evening in casualty following mother-in-law-to-be breaking her ankle. Oh the timing, the timing… 🙁 11:46:16 is not sure if he can cope with a poorly chicken on top of everything… 12:08:48 is wondering what you…
Continue reading09:32:02 and wife-to-be spent Sunday evening in casualty following mother-in-law-to-be breaking her ankle. Oh the timing, the timing… 🙁 11:46:16 is not sure if he can cope with a poorly chicken on top of everything… 12:08:48 is wondering what you…
Continue readingI think that it’s important to remember when watching Eurovision to treat it with the unseriousness with which it deserves. Quite an incredible night of performances though. I reckon I can count on the fingers of just one hand the…
Continue readingIt hardly seems possible but in just one week’s time I will be getting ready for a wedding – my wedding. I’ve come back home now and am currently engaged in a bit of jewellery repair to my Estonian amber…
Continue readingEmma has taken herself off to Bicester Avenue tgo buy birthday cards, and (I am led to believe) a present for me. I’ve been working through the seating plan, removing Marylebone (added yesterday) from the table list and shifting the…
Continue readingJust got back from band tonight – my last as a single person – with a very nice good luck on your wedding card and a Debenham’s voucher for £25. For me I like this thoughtfulness particularly because I won’t…
Continue reading~ And just when I thought everything was settled it all changes again. I’ve just heard from my friend Tina – her David has to have an operation on his knee its down to be done next Friday! Which means,…
Continue readingWell I’m back; back from my bi-weekly trip into town to sit in the line of burocracy for my 60 quid a week. They weren’t particularly interested in my attempts to find work, and less than interested in my reason…
Continue readingObviously the being unemployment is not great from a paying bills and spending modest amounts of many, but I am lucky – very lucky – to have parent’s who can help me out. But right now, in the final run…
Continue readingI know that I should have hung back on getting the guestlist. I didn’t because I didn’t know if I would be able to get it printed locally or if I would need to send it off somewhere and how…
Continue readingWell that didn’t take long. One of the agents that I sent my novel to yesterday – the one subbed by email – has replied already… Dear Thomas, Thank you for giving me the chance to look at this. I’m…
Continue readingI’m getting increasingly fed up with the media the way that they go and on and on and … about whatever happens ot be top of their news agenda at the time. Recently its been the recession/credit crunch or what…
Continue readingInterviews aside (or should that be included), I’ve had a really productive day today. I’ve posted off final payment to our caterer and our photographer; and I’ve confirmed our numbers and our dietary requirements. I’ve finalised the design for the…
Continue readingFor me, interviews are bad things that must be endured. I know that I should see them as opportunities to show what I can do but the truth is that, like with exams, more often than not I stumble and…
Continue readingLoaded down with a car full of pea sticks from the remains of Emma’s parents contorted willow we leave Copes Shroves with a full stomach and several pounds lighter after a turn on the tennis Wii machine, we pass some…
Continue readingToday has been all about quiet pottering. We got the shopping done and dusted first, if not quite as early as originally planned, and took a fairly leisurely drive home through the villages in search of pea sticks. Did you…
Continue reading~ Okay, curse and damnation. One of the agents I sent my book to said that they take about a month to read and respond so since it was nearly two months I decided that it was time for a…
Continue readingAs previously reported in these pages I’ve been busy this week, earning a bit of an honest crust doing the old web design work for Bicester Concert Band, and its coming along nicely. Today though I decided to have a…
Continue readingI wasn’t going to do this, but in conversation with Emma and my mum, I think that I am. When you hear of first time authors getting their first novels published, its always with the accompaniment of a load of…
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