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[or the weekend in pictures] On Friday, I purchased a little tree, brought it home, postioned it in my lounge and decorated it. Later I curled up on the sofa and watched some tele whilst the lights twinkled (well actually,…
Continue readingHere’s the deal. I’ve bought my christmas tree today, and I’m going to decorate it this evening. This brings to mind a discovery that I make every year when I try to photograph the tree in all it’s decorated glory:…
Continue readingAll good things must come to pass. Tonight it was the turn of my art class to close – can it really be ten weeks ago that I first started this series of Wednesday night posts? After last week’s flourish…
Continue readingThe weekend in pictures (or at least the Saturday night in pictures)…
Continue reading[from the photocopy of a photocopy of who knows what recipe book. The description is fun so I’ve included it] When Halloween comes ’round, we welcome pumpkins as symbols of harvest and sources of shivery fun. For holiday decorations, why…
Continue readingTo all my American friends (wherever you are in the world!) Have a slice of pumpkin pie on me (with whipped cream naturally…) ^__^
Continue readingLots of traffic on the roads tonight for some reason, so Jane – our tutor – was late to class. The model was on time so we started by ourselves. Not a bad sketch all things considered. Certainly a much…
Continue reading…but I warn you the security is tighter than it’s ever been. The Great Shepline Archives Project has begun. On 21 October 1990 I decided to keep a diary, and these pages will take you back that far, and then…
Continue readingMy age 31How old are other lj users are compared to me: Younger My age Older 94% 1% 5% There are 14466 lj users the same age as me. Enter age: LJ Age was bought to you by _imran_ and…
Continue readingI want this dossier as they call it. I’m not entirely sure why as it will probably depress the hell out of me, but I’ve just heard in reviewed on Front Row and it sounds like it is, like the…
Continue readingIt transpires that for the last two months or more, the journal of one of my best friends has disappeared off the default view of my friends page. Consequently, whilst I have wondered often what was happening, if I had…
Continue readingJane threw us a surprise for today’s class. We kicked off with a series of one minute sketches, and I was embarrassing useless. We did about six and I didn’t manage to get one single complete figure! I decided there…
Continue readingLast night the House of Commons voted (again) and overwhelmingly (again) to ban hunting with dogs. Tonight the House of Lords voted (again) to not ban it. The current session of parliament ends tomorrow, and so the Government can impose…
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Continue readingIt’s funny how you don’t realise the things that perhaps you think you should have noticed before. It wasn’t till, in conversation with grapefruitmoon this evening, wherein I was explaining that I have three cousins in Iceland and three cousin…
Continue readingI hope so. It seems that I may soon be able to go to the pub and come away without smelling like the lit end of the smoking cigarette
Continue readingThere’s nothing better than to walk into town on a Saturday morning and kick some leaves… …but remember to keep your eyes open, because you never know what you might notice…
Continue readingYesterday I passed the 46,000 word and 170 page mark in Blood & Fire. To celebrate this small mile post, today I have made pumpkin pie – or rather three pumpkin pies with some mixture left over to make at…
Continue readingTen years ago, I: 1. had just graduated with a 2:1 BA in Creative Arts; 2. enjoyed a long hot summer in La Rochelle, living the french life and learning the language; and 3. was living with my Mum and…
Continue readingSo I have had no responses to yesterday’s artistic post. Come on you artists out there – I know you’re on my friends list, and I need your advice!
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