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 moreYou are Beauty. You are beautiful, whether it be on the inside, theoutside, or both. People are drawn to you asstrongly as you are drawn to the beauty in the world around you. What Emotion Are You? brought to you…
Continue readingAround me, where I work, I have a collection of photos and artwork that I have produced over years (mainly from college days up in Cheshire). We have also recently had a big talk about the future of the department…
Continue readingOne for tinyjo, me thinks… The Royal Society of Chemistry has worked out the formula for the ideal brew… In June 1903 one of Britain’s great writers Eric Blair (alias George Orwell) was born. The Royal Society has decided to…
Continue readingI arrived at work this morning (thankfully, as it transpires, a few minutes early) to switch off the engine and remain seated in the drivers seat for five or so minutes longer to the rest of an item on the…
Continue readingPepper had a check up with Uncle Tim today.
Continue readingHappy Deathday! Your name: shepline You will die on: Monday, January 23, 2034 You will die of: Killer Bee Stings Username: Created by Quill
Continue readingIt’s arrived!!! Thanks rachel2205! You better send me your address to get a Postcard From Estonia…
Continue readingIt’s arrived!!! Thanks rachel2205! You better send me your address to get a Postcard From Estonia…
Continue readingAuditory : 29% Visual : 70% Left : 47% Right : 52% Thomas, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is…
Continue readingA while back – I forget if it was in my journal or in moonglade‘s – but I was talking about some artwork from my college days that got destroyed in a fire. I have since failed to find the…
Continue readingA little over two hours later and drag myself from the sofa in the coffee shop in the upstairs of Blackwells, the first 100 pages of the new Harry Potter nicely digested. It’s good. Now, if you’ll excuse me there’s…
Continue readingWell, by Uncle Tim, I mean Dr Tim Chapman – the vet. My poor little pusscat is not very well. He’s had a touch of the old cystitis this last week, and has been on special food, pills and drops….
Continue readingYou can’t see it now (under all that norfolk reed) but all that foil is interfering with the neighbours’ TV reception (alledgedly). Well, at least that’s what it said in the Blissford Voice…
Continue readingBen and Hanna have arrived at the gas station at the edge of town – well when I say town, there’s a church and a general store over yonder somewhere and a spread out collection of old and new brightly…
Continue readingBen and Hanna have arrived at the gas station at the edge of town – well when I say town, there’s a church and a general store over yonder somewhere and a spread out collection of old and new brightly…
Continue readingTo mark the release of the fifth Harry Potter book on Saturday, BBC News Online is looking for the next children’s blockbuster writer. JK Rowling is estimated to be richer than the Queen, with a personal fortune of £280m, having…
Continue readingI’ve been trying to get going with the journey to the north, and this is what I’ve got so far:
Continue readingI’ve been trying to get going with the journey to the north, and this is what I’ve got so far:
Continue readingWent to prison today – for the first (and hopefully) last time. I didn’t intend you understand. I just made a Saturday morning pilgrimage into Oxford to buy nice things for the weekend, like meat and cheese, and olives (I…
Continue reading…these poppies last flowered. Since then, they have lain undisturbed in the soil. Last summer work started on the last section of the Bicester ringroad – now, the verges are blood red with colour… I think I make this one…
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