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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Continue readingThursday’s in Edinburgh is late night shopping, which means, apart from the shops opening till late, so does the National Gallery of Scotland. In an apperatif to my last supper in this city I took a trip there. The main…
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Continue readingI’ve done French, Italian, local seafood, intimate wine bar … so tonight I thought I’d give Edinburgh’s take on Indian cuisine a try. And so after a swift half and a page or so of writing in the The Royal…
Continue readingA spooky but facinating tour through Mary Kings Close and then back to Ecco Vino for a whisky and writing…
Continue readingAagghhh… Just had a tiriamasu to diiee for at Ecco Vino in Cockburn street…
Continue readingLast night was a little broken. For one, it was my first night in new surroundings and this always takes a little getting used to, for two although I am on the third floor, my hotel faces out onto the…
Continue reading…and curse how slow a 56k dialup is! My arrival in Edinburgh was speedy and straight forward although there was too much cloud as we came over the borders to see anything interesting. In fact everything was going so well…
Continue reading0500 hours start this morning to get the flight to Edinburgh. On a Saturday? Laptop on board so hope to hook up to lj
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