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 moreAfter reading through various forum posts around on the web about how to burn programmes recorded on my Humax Digibox to dvd and failing miserably to even understand them, I have finally come across the the definitive and easiest and…
Continue readingEdit: To those answering ‘Crossover’ please clarify if it should be best targetted as Adult crossing down or Childrens’ crossing up…
Continue reading9 December 2006 Is it really possible that I have been writing these annual notes for thirteen years? So what have been the highlights of the year of Thomas? What’s been the BIG news? Could it be bigger than what…
Continue readingAfter the storms of last week, and in particular the gales of Thursday night, we were scared for our plans to play more carols today. We should have feared not though, for today has been – like last Saturday –…
Continue readingI didn’t mention that yesterday when I woke up, I dreamed that it was Saturday, and so I overslept. Not significantly you understand, but enough to place me in the full Oxford rush hour. Today, it was different. Maybe it…
Continue readingArthur is currently sliding about on the lounge floor under the doormat, and Bella is really not sure how to handle it! Oh wait, Arthur is now going under the rug…
Continue readingA couple of days ago, Radio 4’s PM programme asked listeners to send in photos of what they were doing at 5pm on Tuesday 5 December 2006. The results are quite interesting… ( window on the world ) Amongst the…
Continue readingA glorious return to the antique (spiegeltent) mirror tent, for a sumptuous performance by Creation Theatre. Amongst velvet drapes, glittering lights, mirrors and ornately carved panelling, tonight was the night for storytelling, and stories well told. Tales from 1001 Arabian…
Continue reading1. If yesterday was dull, then today was mind-numbingly, sleep-inducing, tediously boring. Synergy is still screwed and short of approving a few things to go absolutely no where at all, I would have had a more productive and worthwhile day…
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Continue readingAnother good day today. Had a successful batch at improving chapter three of my novel, before heading into Oxford this afternoon for a play-meeting with Jane and Melissa. I say meeting, but in fact it was a Christmassy gathering with…
Continue readingToday has been a glorious winter day. After the rain and the wind and the gloom of last week, today has been crisp and sunny. Heading out early I descended with the rest of the band to Millets Farm for…
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Continue readingAt Abingdon Concert Band we have a real problem finding enough brass. Trumpets and bass instruments are hard enough to find, and horns are next to impossible… Meanwhile in the ranks of the upper-woodwind we’re breeding (not literally I hasten…
Continue readingHad this email this morning. Some of my photos of the Salisbury Cathedral Advent Nativity are going to appear on the BBC Wiltshire website… Hi: I’m a producer on the BBC Wiltshire website and was wondering if I could use…
Continue readingI had a great weekend. It was good, really good. My parents came up to stay on Friday night and I cooked pizza for them. Then on Saturday we went into Bicester and chose some new stair carpet (will just…
Continue readingMy parents have come visiting me this weekend – it’s my mum’s birthday tomorrow, and my concert too. They actually arrived earlier than expecting, and seeing as my meringues for Sunday were still in the oven at a ‘barely on’…
Continue readingIt seems that Bella quite like my flute playing. She will go and cozy up in her bed in the corner of the turn of the stairs, and lie there basking as I play, heard and toes hanging out all…
Continue reading1. Went swimming after work today. Strangely, when I first arrived there were so few people around it was flat calm. 2. Had an email invite from Swimathon for next years sponsored swim. Shall I do it again? If I…
Continue readingI am making changes, sometimes big, fundamental, changes to the work in progress, and I am sacrificing words. But I am also adding, improving, and building on the story and the characters. My wordcount and page count are increasing and…
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