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 moreApparently I’ve been making Emma (and all the people she tells) laugh by my comments about what the weather is doing or is going to do vis-a-vis washing. For the record today I did do another load of washing… I…
Continue readingA week on from sending my novel out to an agent I get my first rejection. Not unsurprising really, considering it was the first attempt but also not really positive or negative in either way… Dear Thomas, Many thanks for…
Continue readingIt’s kind of ironic that the best of the weather this bank holiday weekend was on Saturday – really warm and sunny – and I was in the theatre for 6 hours. Not that I begrudge Philip Pullman’s His Dark…
Continue reading~ Two hours on and we – my parents and I – completed a Tesco order for two weeks on Friday. It was the biggest ever shop I’ve ever been witness to, even if I was just the monkey behind…
Continue readingI have just felt the wrath of Emma’s dad. He’s a horrid, horrid bully; she always told me he was but like the best bullies they have a way of hiding their true nature and of being deceptively nice. I…
Continue readingFor the third time in two years, my first day of unemployment has had the sting taken out of it by gorgeously beautiful and warm weather. That said I started the day positively, with an interview &#z2013; or be it…
Continue readingAfter the hiatus of Easter weekend, and the worries concerning Emma’s dad’s cancer today was the day for heading off to the New Forest and a day with my parents. Thankfully, Mr Jefferys was up to driving again so we…
Continue readingOne of the best things about organising my impending wedding has been getting our five song suggestions from the guests and sourcing them. Itâs just so cool to discover/remember such a diverse range of music. Jane had already introduced us…
Continue readingOur wedding playlist is truly eclectic. Weâve only had a handful of duplications to date, and it now stands at some 186 songs (by which I mean songs, sometimes in the loosest of meanings) and 12 hours worth of running…
Continue readingI canât really add anymore to the news that Clement Freud is with us no more, other than to link to the articles on the BBC and The Guardian and remember fondly how he used to beat every young comedic…
Continue reading08:40:01 is about to face the morning in a new place of work… 09:00:48 … arrive at 9 and get paid to read my book on Scotland for an hour… 🙂 09:02:27 … arrive at 9 and get paid to…
Continue reading08:40:01 is about to face the morning in a new place of work… 09:00:48 … arrive at 9 and get paid to read my book on Scotland for an hour… 🙂 09:02:27 … arrive at 9 and get paid to…
Continue readingThe title to this post should really have been My First Freecycle. With a nice new veg garden but the claggiest of claggy soil I wanted to get as much nutrients into the ground as I could, and as cheap…
Continue readingWith some regret Iâve just cancelled our honeymoon to Namibia. Itâs been a tough decision for both of us but with my uncertain job future itâs the only sensible option. We have about half the money we need, with some…
Continue readingItâs been a funny olâ start to my new unemployed status. The last time this happened, Tuesday 1 May 2007, was similarly bright, sunny, warm and distinctly spring-like, and it has been the same today. It takes the sting out…
Continue readingTesco was hideous today. Itâs my own fault. If Iâd got my act together and got there early I would have been in and out, job done, in no time at all. But I didnât, and I hadnât. It was…
Continue reading09:00:04 I really need to get my site relaunched too…
Continue reading09:00:04 I really need to get my site relaunched too…
Continue reading08:59:21 has ordered the wedding rings… 09:14:13 is listening to ‘Everyone’s Got Corgis’ by To Learn. Make of that what you will… 15:32:44 wants to draw
Continue reading08:59:21 has ordered the wedding rings… 09:14:13 is listening to ‘Everyone’s Got Corgis’ by To Learn. Make of that what you will… 15:32:44 wants to draw
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