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 moreHanna kneels, feet tucked behind her, at the front of the stage, microphone drawn to her face, her voice commanding the sea of people out in the auditorium beyond. Her words are softly sung and alluring with Halldór’s gentle guitar…
Continue readingkattullus tells me via grapefruitmoon that the Icelandic band Írafár that I like are actually far from cool. Ah well I think, maybe it sounds different in a language you can’t understand? Anyway it brings me round to saying that…
Continue readingTonight I joined one of my compatriots from the Sports and Social Committee and nine other people from work to see the opening night of Starlight Express – The 3rd Dimension, on its tour to Oxford. And it was great!…
Continue readingElves and Trolls And here I have a problem. Whenever I tell people about my novel, Blood & Fire, and whenever I try and tell people about my novel, even after I say its set in Iceland, when I say…
Continue readingTonight, the trolls showed themselves. Uncoiling themselves from the steam from the kettle, they showed me a little of who they are, and they gave me another level to Helen and Alice’s story. I feel productive…
Continue readingAnd here’s an idea. It came during an IM conversation with karen2205… …would it be possible to write a novel contained solely within the confines of the dedication piece before a novel. It’s an interesting idea. Maybe one day I…
Continue readingWell, when the weekend began I had intended to, whilst spending a goodly amount of time with my new camera, devote lots of time to writing my novel and to making a start on Kelly’s website. I must now take…
Continue readingtumulus set me a challenge on Friday night to take a picture of Oxford paving. The idea scared and befuddled me, but today I went into Oxford, where the sun was shining amongst the cold air, and some inspiration struck….
Continue readingLeaf on cobbles Originally uploaded by shepline on 6 Mar ’05, 10.00am PST.
Continue readingAlone Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 11.43am PST. A solitary leaf A solitary leaf. This needs no other words.
Continue readingStudy on Moss: #1 Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 11.43am PST.
Continue readingRights of Way Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 11.43am PST. For tumulus, the rights of the woodland way…
Continue readingLeaves #2 Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 11.43am PST. The forest in winter.
Continue readingFeather in a tree Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 11.43am PST. …the lonliness of a single feather caught in the trees…
Continue readingSnuggling Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 11.43am PST. Walking in the woods in the snow, I found these ladybirds snuggled up together on some catkins.
Continue readingMarked for death Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 11.43am PST. The orange spot that marks these trees out for the chop, forms some strange kind of abstraction in the forms of the bark.
Continue readingNew growth Originally uploaded by shepline on 5 Mar ’05, 9.07am PST. A bluebell poking its way out of the forest floor
Continue readingRain drops on wire Originally uploaded by shepline. The cold, bleak, harshness of winter. Wire, pulled tight and hanging with water…
Continue readingCold winter Originally uploaded by shepline. A walk in winter…
Continue readingCotswold stones Originally uploaded by shepline.
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