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 moreOkay, so it is the day of the General Election, and I have been and done my democratic duty. Now, post wind band, I am watching the very funny Rory Bremner, and switching over to th beeb during the ad…
Continue reading…throw me a life raft someone, oh, no, somebody already has! So, Wednesday night. One working day in, and already, what a roller coaster of a week this is turning out to be. There was the Bank Holiday on Monday…
Continue readingI thought I might get a bit of a lie-in today. I was off to a training course – so I ought to get a bit of a lie-in. But no, train times dictated I rise with my normal alarm….
Continue readingIn which it (again) becomes apparent to me that whilst London is kind of neat to visit, there’s no way I could live there all the time. It’s just too Big. Too noisy. I’m not a ‘London Person’.
Continue readingI’ve just watched a very interesting documentary about the riddle of the hobbits. In other news, my insides are all of a topsy-turvy about tomorrow. Instead of heading in to work, I am off to London Town to begin my…
Continue readingGlade Originally uploaded by shepline on 1 May ’05, 3.19pm PST. The peace and serenity pictured here, encompasses my day. Gone is the hard work of decorating, gardening and spring cleaning, for a relaxed day of sitting in the garden…
Continue readingBell from beneath Originally uploaded by shepline on 1 May ’05, 3.19pm PST. …in the near and the distant Originally uploaded by shepline on 1 May ’05, 3.19pm PST.
Continue readingIrridescent Originally uploaded by shepline on 1 May ’05, 3.19pm PST.
Continue readingField of blue Originally uploaded by shepline on 1 May ’05, 3.19pm PST. ( … )
Continue readingThe new series of Doctor Who just gets better and better, and if you don’t mind me saying, and better… Good work Russell T.
Continue readingYour Inner European is Swedish! Relaxed and peaceful. You like to kick back and enjoy life. [Who’s Your Inner European?]
Continue readingThe sun is out, the shorts are on. Even at 9 o’clock, still it is warm. Is this the first day of summer. What will tomorrow bring? That said, this morning it was a little overcast, so I took the…
Continue readingUsually, Channel 4’s Grand Designs is just that ‘grand’ designs – moreover they are often ‘overly-grand’ designs! Tonight though was different. A modest house on a relatively modest budget, and made entirely of wood. A Finnish log house – and…
Continue readingI’ve been struggling over this scene in my novel where Bjäkk and Ben are talking science in the hot pott. Tonight, inspired by the Edinburgh connection to this week last year, and with memories of writing pages and pages of…
Continue readingIt seems that one year ago I was in Edinburgh for a week of training … Production Editor job role training. One year on, I have that job (or I am about to) … sad to say that with my…
Continue readingNot seriously late, but even so I hope that this isn’t the sign of things to come. Even with my new role as Production Editor, it is going to be my mission to not be one of those people who…
Continue readingWhilst the energy and enthusiasm afforded to me towards my working day over recent weeks remains, I cannot help but feel a certain sense of treading water in my current job until June. This is perhaps acasperated by my geographical…
Continue readingBands of colour Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Apr ’05, 12.53pm PST. Skeleton in yellow Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Apr ’05, 12.54pm PST.
Continue readingIt’s actually only a month. But a lot has happened in a month. I realised this today after coming home from a walk in the woods where the bluebells are carpetting the forest floor, and downloaded the photos off the…
Continue readingWhitebell Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Apr ’05, 12.54pm PST. ( … )
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