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 moreI had a bit of a lie-in this morning, after deciding that I would attempt to get a doctor’s appointment this morning for my swollen foot. For the last couple of week’s I have been in quite some pain, alleviated…
Continue readingI am livid, fuming, damn annoyed. It seems impossible to get an appointment to see the doctor. You can either phone at 8am (and only 8am) for an emergency appointment, or book a ‘routine’ appointment up to two weeks in…
Continue reading1. There was a bizarre sight on the way to work. Whilst stuck nose to tail, inexplicably, on the A34 I had plenty of time to watch as a coach cruised down the opposite carriage-way spewing a plume of acrid…
Continue reading1. Opticians appointment today. Before leaving work I changed into my shorts and sandals and biked into town. I was there for over an hour in the end, first having my contact lens check (I have slightly less of a…
Continue readingWhat I want to be doing, now, is making changes from my printed and well-thumbed script into my electronic version of my novel, so that I can send it off to friends and readers. But I am sleepy. I put…
Continue readingSome days are more successful than others. Today was a successful one. Sitting with my sandwiches in one hand, pen in the other, novel before me on the canteen table, I worked as usual through the pages of part five…
Continue readingEm and I were having a nice walk through Burnham Beeches and considering houses. It was at the point when Em had just asked me whether I preferred the house in Spruce Drive or Stratton Audley when my phone rang….
Continue readingIn exactly one year’s time I shall be standing in front of the registrar in the main room at Craflwyn Hall, waiting for Emma to enter through the double doors and join me down the aisle. In 365 days and…
Continue readingThe weekend actually started a few hours ago. After work today I nipped home and fed the cats and then, skiving off band for the night, headed off down to see Em. She gave me a couple more presents –…
Continue readingA nice sunny day for it, for this, my birthday. People are so kind â I got up (on time, for a change) and had a nice leisurely breakfast. I opened my cards which have numbered the most ever for…
Continue readingEmma just phoned. She’s been offered the nurses job at Bicester Vets! This is fantastic news!! 😀
Continue readingOn Friday I mentioned that there were two articles of interest on the front page of my local paper. The online version of this paper seems to be a tad slow on being updated, but today I have managed to…
Continue readingI’ve forgotten what I was actually looking for on my computer now, but I ended up finding photographs from 2001 on my computer. There aren’t many as its from my pre-digital age and so all my photographs are in packets…
Continue reading1. My new barbeque says that is should take just 15 minutes to assemble. Now, normally I’m pretty good with diy and practitcal-type projects, but this one had me beaten. All the parts and screws are assigned codes (which are…
Continue readingLast night I never really got round to having dinner. In order to save time today I made sure I cleaned my house last night, and by the time I finished I really wasn’t all that hungry, so I just…
Continue reading1. I got home from work today to a selection of mail. In the process of opening them, one with a ‘Persephone Books’ stamp on the front, I noticed the hand handwritten note on the reverse: four your birthday. So…
Continue readingSo it’s grey, and cold, and dark and miserable? So why is that I find myself inspired with creativity? I’m fired with so many images and ideas for my novel it’s untrue. Am I so very weird for loving this…
Continue readingSo rain was always on the forecast for today, so I was always planning to get the bus. That said, when I was getting up, the weather actually looked okay-ish, an I was halfway tempted to cycle it. By the…
Continue readingThis is not me wishing the year or the current fabulous weather, although when you take a look at tomorrow’s forecast you might want to remember you umbrella, but one of the plants I have growing in my garden is…
Continue readingIt appears that I left the cat flap unlocked last night. Are Bella and Arthur a bit stupbid (sic.) or what? To my knowledge they have spent all of last night tucked up in the house as if the outside…
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