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 morePersonally, I consider myself pretty lucky, work-wise. I like it. I get paid not too badley for doing something I don’t at all mind doing. And I get an odd sort of kick out of knowing that what I’m doing…
Continue readingWent to see The Day After Tomorrow last night – my dad was going along since the press have been asking him and other’s in his field for reviews on it and the science within it. I went along for…
Continue readingVisited Salisbury with no particular intention, just to wander and browse, and maybe look at outside furniture with my parents today. Ottakars is such a wonderful bookshop – the kind of place that you really can enter into and browse…
Continue readingMy political compass Economic Left/Right: -5.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51 Take the test
Continue readingMinor tweaks have been made to my friends page, due to increased busy-ness and/or a lack of posting and/or connectivity anymore…
Continue readingWhy is it that I don’t feel the same sorrow about this, that I would if it was a warehouse of art that I liked? Whatever I feel of Hirst or Emin, shouldn’t I be sad that there work has…
Continue readingAmazon delivered my birthday presents today – a slim brown carboard packet containing four wrapped pressies. I had the dvd of The Storyteller (volume two) for my inspiration and comfort, I had the special edition dvd of Finding Nemo, for…
Continue readingI have anothe brother and sister in my novel: Finnbjörn and Johanna – of the elvish people, finely dressed, cunning and mischievous. They play in the night, and will be sometimes trustworthy, sometimes not to my protagonists. Johanna will user…
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Continue readingLast night, at my birthday dinner, Kim gave me a pressie of a bottle of very nice olive oil. This, combined with the very nice Italian meal I had last night, made me think that today I needed to get…
Continue readingBirfdy wishes to you paranoidonionx – May – and this weekend in particular is a most excellent time to have a birthday!! *grins*
Continue readingI normally spend birthday’s with my folks – I’m very family-orientated in that way. However this year, dispite the fact that my birthday actually falls on a Saturday this year, me mum and dad made plans to spend the weekend…
Continue readingWent for a walk in the sun today in Stoke Woods. The bluebells have gone over but I did find some orchids, nestling in a shady spot. Bliss…
Continue readingAnd thank you siren_songs and mosskat55 for your cards… and Helen, despite what you say, trust me your handwriting really isn’t that bad. In fact I have colleagues and friends who have much much worse! *grins* And Kathy, is that…
Continue readingOn the 9 May 2002 I registered shepline.com and set up the website with Advent Internet hosting the site. They proved to be incompetent charletans when it came to anything other than the simplest act of setting up a domain…
Continue reading1. Take five books off your bookshelf. 2. Book #1 — first sentence 3. Book #2 — last sentence on page fifty 4. Book #3 — second sentence on page one hundred 5. Book #4 — next to the last…
Continue readingMy weekend was spent in the sun-filled vale that is Blissford, in the thatched cottage where my parents reside. And it was spent mostly sitting in the garden, buying plants for the garden, eating in the garden, walking the dogs,…
Continue readingI am creating a birthday calendar for myself. Can you please click on the link below and enter your birthday for me. Don’t worry it is quick, and you don’t have to enter your year of birth… ^__^ BirthdayAlarm.com
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