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 more( Waymarking in Romania ) Sightseeing a City in a Day Day 2. 15 July 2005 Friday. I woke early for breakfast to make the most of the day to find myself disappointed to find the fifth floor of the…
Continue readingNow if you search for “elephants and spiderwebs” or “un elefant se legana“, you now get my shepline movement page as your first hit. And of course, it even works with the “I’m Feeling Lucky” function. I love it when…
Continue readingSuffolk Seaside #1 Originally uploaded by shepline on 25 Aug ’05, 6.46pm PST. Taken on Walberswick beach, a study of groins, and sea-affected wood… ( more )
Continue readingSitting on cannons Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Aug ’05, 9.04pm PST. The cannons on Southwold seafront – they seem smaller than they used to be!
Continue readingAfter the anticipation, finally, it’s here! Sit back, curl up, and enjoy the tales from Romania… ( Waymarking in Romania ) A Thunderstorm for Dinner Day 1. 14 July 2005 Thursday. The journey began like any other; at Heathrow Terminal…
Continue reading…buy a year’s paid account time of your LiveJournal by their new recurring payments thingamy and get three months free! The way it seems to work is that I last bought my paid time 3 months ago, so today I…
Continue readingYour friendly neighbourhood RTW posing for the camera…
Continue reading…or rather, a postcard from Dracula’s castle. It’s funny, I was just thinking about Kat and Jess as I drove home tonight – wondering if they were back yet from their extended trip around Romania. When I got in, there…
Continue readingNewly launched, and thoroughly interesting and amusing… markhaddon.com
Continue readingPiece by piece, page by page, the all new look shepline.com is taking shape. Tonight, whilst half watching the opening two episodes of the utterly dreadful and rediculous Lost, I have been tinkering with the Hungarian and Estonian travelogues. More…
Continue readingA day in which I spend seven hours tucked away in a private room, doing the author corrections to a 70 page set of proofs. 70 pages all about some particular subset of geraniums in remote parts of South America….
Continue readingThe being that is Thomas, presents to you… ( !!!! PICTURES !!!! ) Lots and lots and lots of pictures from my holidaying in Romania. The words, and lots of ’em, will follow shortly (I promise)…
Continue readingThe new car Originally uploaded by shepline on 9 Aug ’05, 7.25pm PST. The poshest car that I’ve ever owned. Note the personalised number plates! Well, T-reg for Thomas anyhow!
Continue readingWhere has Mr shepline been? I hear the question is on so many people’s lips and yet it is a question that has remained unspoken. I have been on holiday, as my recent series of Postcards from Romania. The full…
Continue readingRoofs Originally uploaded by shepline on 30 Jul ’05, 5.37pm PST. For Mr tumulus, who requested something to do with roofs…
Continue readingMisunderstandings Originally uploaded by shepline on 29 Jul ’05, 4.43pm PST. For Joe, 500,000 old Leu or 50 new Leu? It’s a puzzle? Maybe it’s time to bring out that 1 million leu note? It’s bound to end in a…
Continue readingMyths & Legends Originally uploaded by shepline on 28 Jul ’05, 6.05pm PST. Cat asked for something that brought to mind, myths and legends, vampires and the like. This, the very gothic Hunnedora Castle…
Continue readingOlder People Originally uploaded by shepline on 27 Jul ’05, 5.07pm PST. For Kelly, who wanted old people from me. There were lots in the markets, and in the churches, but very difficult to photograph covertly (and my Romanian language…
Continue readingPublic Telephone Originally uploaded by shepline on 26 Jul ’05, 6.45pm PST. For veeb, who requested a photo of an old hotel or public telephone…
Continue readingUn elefant se legăna, per o pânză de paianjou Si fündcăea, un se rupea Ău mai chemat un elefant Un, doi… Doi elefanti se legăna, per o pânză de paianjou Si fündcăea, un se rupea Ău mai chemat un elefant…
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