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?
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And so it goes on… #Sundayafterboonsketching #tudor #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating
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Q. Why do I do seemingly always draw buildings from the roof down? #housebuilderiamnot #illustration #amillustrating
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Why do I do this to myself? You’d ha e thought that a black and white Tudor building would be easy in pen and ink… #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating
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Jobs done. Sunday afternoon sketching… can you guess where it is yet…? #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating
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This week I took steps to ditch some plastic use and save money. For less money than it cost for a pack of four refills for my Gillette Mach3, I now have a new safety razor and enough blades to…
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On drawing, wondering, and dreaming… #DavidAlmond #TheColouroftheSun #amreading #drawing #wondering #dreaming
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My Booklover’s Guide to Bookshops is primarily a celebration of the independent booksellers, but there are a few shops that deserve to be part of such a celebration even if they are part of a larger chain. I’ve already taken…
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There’s a story behind this too. But how is it related to the aforementioned story I mentioned yesterday…?
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Finished at last! It’s been a mammoth epic but there’s a really important reason why I had to include this chain #bookshop in the #bookloversguidetobookshops which I’ll write about on my website soon. . Prints available on my Etsy shop…
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Thomas’ Adventures in Waterstonesland with @kavalociraptor and @waterstones_oxford… #aliceinwonderland #lastwindow #bookshops #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating
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This one’s for @kavalociraptor because without her I’m not sure I would have actually have turned my #illustration dreams into practical reality. Without her @waterstones_oxford window display I would probably have never have heard of @kiran_mh’s fantastic book… #meta #amillustrating…
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I be a verified persona. ???? #google #verified #teshepherd #author
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So close to the end but #penfail has stopped play! ???? #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #illustration #amillustrating #TheBookloversGuidetoBookshops @waterstones_oxford
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I’m going to finish this #bookshop if it’s the last thing I do… #illustration #amillustrating #TheBookloversGuidetoBookshops
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I knew that Dumbledore was another name for bumblebees; what I didn’t know was the link between bumblebees and fairies. Appropriate. ???? . #bumblebees #dumbledore #fairies #KatyBell #Summer @melissa_jharrison
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I think that @waterstones_oxford might be my biggest , most-complicated #bookshop that I have #illustrated to date for the #bookloversguidetobookshops… #amillustrating
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Getting down to those fiddly gable bits. @waterstones_oxford has more fiddly bits than Norway has fjörds… #bookshopsofinstagram #bookshops #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating
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Did you know that this is the wall outside Bevington House where Louis Tumnal lives. It’s a story that opens as summer ends and then takes you through the year. #MrTumnal is the perfect story for #autumn???? . http://viewbook.at/MrTumnal ….
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Late summer colour in the college grounds… #OpenDoors
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College living at Balliol… #OpenDoors
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