amreading – T E Shepherd

My #ToBeRead pile has got out of hand again… ???????????? #amreading #books

Thomas — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:22:15 +0000

My #ToBeRead pile has got out of hand again… ????????????
#amreading #books

I accidentally bought a book. No really, I know what you’re thinking, but this time I really did. I might have enquired about this preorder of a signed copy of #MegRosoff’s latest. Then today it arrives with an invoice. Still, at least I did support a good #indiebookseller… #shoplocsl #loveyourlocal #books #TheGreatGodden #amreading

Thomas — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 18:29:56 +0000

I accidentally bought a book. No really, I know what you’re thinking, but this time I really did. I might have enquired about this preorder of a signed copy of #MegRosoff’s latest. Then today it arrives with an invoice.
Still, at least I did support a good #indiebookseller…
#shoplocsl #loveyourlocal #books #TheGreatGodden #amreading

Birthday book haul is in. Thanks again to @vnemma, @jefferyshelen77, @shepherd_ij, @andyshepherdwriter, and my parents-in-law. Going to enjoy reading @simonarmitage_official, @kiran_mh, @joannechocolat, @charliemackesy, @dara_mcanulty, and @nataliehaynesauthor #amreading #books????

Thomas — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:47:11 +0000

Birthday book haul is in. Thanks again to @vnemma, @jefferyshelen77, @shepherd_ij, @andyshepherdwriter, and my parents-in-law. Going to enjoy reading @simonarmitage_official, @kiran_mh, @joannechocolat, @charliemackesy, @dara_mcanulty, and @nataliehaynesauthor
#amreading #books????

Always interesting to see the actual synopses that did the necessary with publishers… #HarryPotter #AHistoryOfMagic @britishlibrary #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 30 May 2020 15:15:00 +0000

Always interesting to see the actual synopses that did the *necessary* with publishers…
#HarryPotter #AHistoryOfMagic @britishlibrary #amreading

Daisy Johnson’s writing is as clear and deftly written as David Almond’s, and as every bit as powerful and dangerous. This collection of short stories is outstanding… #Fen @djdaisyjohnson #amreading

Thomas — Tue, 19 May 2020 14:48:58 +0000

Daisy Johnson’s writing is as clear and deftly written as David Almond’s, and as every bit as powerful and dangerous. This collection of short stories is outstanding…
#Fen @djdaisyjohnson #amreading

Fen by @djdaisyjohnson is deliciously easy to read but the subjects of the stories are not always easy… #Fen #shortstories #amreading

Thomas — Mon, 18 May 2020 17:58:35 +0000

Fen by @djdaisyjohnson is deliciously easy to read but the subjects of the stories are not always easy…
#Fen #shortstories #amreading

When all you want to do is read your book… #ASprinkleofScorcery @elvesden #amreading

Thomas — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:27:11 +0000

When all you want to do is read your book… #ASprinkleofScorcery @elvesden #amreading

“Reading’s our thing.” . Bookworm by @lucy.mangan is a book for ever book and reading obsessed bookworm, but for someone of with Lucy’s or my age (there’s a year in it apparently) there is so much more. . #books???? #amreading

Thomas — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:15:55 +0000

“Reading’s our thing.” .
Bookworm by @lucy.mangan is a book for ever book and reading obsessed bookworm, but for someone of with Lucy’s or my age (there’s a year in it apparently) there is so much more. .
#books???? #amreading

???????????? This!! #books #amreading #Bookworm @lucy.mangan

Thomas — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:41:08 +0000

???????????? This!! #books #amreading #Bookworm @lucy.mangan

Reading a book about reading, quality cuddles with @bellafanella, and time in a sunny garden. Today has been a Good Friday. #Easter #GoodFriday #catsofinstagram #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:45:47 +0000

Reading a book about reading, quality cuddles with @bellafanella, and time in a sunny garden. Today has been a Good Friday.
#Easter #GoodFriday #catsofinstagram #amreading

Probably to my shame I’ve never read any Just William books so please excuse a small squeal of reading reminiscence when @lucy.mangan moves on to talk about Elizabeth Enright’s Saturdays books… #Bookworm #MemoirOfChildhoodReading #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 16:10:15 +0000

Probably to my shame I’ve never read any Just William books so please excuse a small squeal of reading reminiscence when @lucy.mangan moves on to talk about Elizabeth Enright’s Saturdays books…
#Bookworm #MemoirOfChildhoodReading #amreading

I’m bringing to wonder whether @lucy.mangan and I actually share the exact same library of childrens books. Once again, just from her description here I know that this is my edition of #TheLionTheWitchandtheWardrobe… #books #Bookworm #Narnia #amreading

Thomas — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 09:16:13 +0000

I’m bringing to wonder whether @lucy.mangan and I actually share the exact same library of childrens books. Once again, just from her description here I know that this is my edition of #TheLionTheWitchandtheWardrobe…
#books #Bookworm #Narnia #amreading

Spring has arrived and so have shorts… #Bookworm @lucy.mangan #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:36:41 +0000

Spring has arrived and so have shorts… #Bookworm @lucy.mangan #amreading

Love the fact that whilst reading @lucy.mangan’s description of the cover to #RoaldDahl’s #CharlieandtheChocolateFactory, I recognised it as the exact same edition as I remember falling in love with… #books #amreading #illustration #BookIllustration #FaithJaques

Thomas — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:28:17 +0000

Love the fact that whilst reading @lucy.mangan’s description of the cover to #RoaldDahl’s #CharlieandtheChocolateFactory, I recognised it as the exact same edition as I remember falling in love with…
#books #amreading #illustration #BookIllustration #FaithJaques

‘You are what you are,’ said [his mother]. ‘Yes, I know,’ agrees Plop. ‘Anf what I are is afraid of the dark.’ . You really aren’t well-read if you didn’t grow up reading about Plop, the owl who was afraid of the dark. . #LucyMangan #Bookworm #amreading #TheOwlWhoWasAfraidOfTheDark

Thomas — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:39:05 +0000

‘You are what you are,’ said [his mother]. ‘Yes, I know,’ agrees Plop. ‘Anf what I are is afraid of the dark.’
.
You really aren’t well-read if you didn’t grow up reading about Plop, the owl who was afraid of the dark.
.
#LucyMangan #Bookworm #amreading #TheOwlWhoWasAfraidOfTheDark

My artistic life http://shepline.com/2020/02/09/my-artistic-life/ Thoughts inspired by @kiran_mh, @libbypagewrites, @blackwelloxford, and @oxfordshireartweeks • • • #amillustrating #amreading #amwritingart #ArtWeeks #books #bookshops #creativity #illustration #OxfordshireArtweeks #reading #writing

Thomas — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:49:31 +0000

My artistic life https://shepline.com/2020/02/09/my-artistic-life/ Thoughts inspired by @kiran_mh, @libbypagewrites, @blackwelloxford, and @oxfordshireartweeks
• • •
#amillustrating #amreading #amwritingart #ArtWeeks #books #bookshops #creativity #illustration #OxfordshireArtweeks #reading #writing

My artistic life

Thomas — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:25:59 +0000

Yesterday I spent the day in Oxford. I arrived early, the train delivering me right in the centre of the city, still beautifully quiet at half past nine even on a Saturday (compared to the frenetic hustle and bustle that it became later in the day).

First off, I attended two free workshops for Oxfordshire Arweeks which I am participating in this May for the first time. The afternoon gave me some food for thought about how to market myself and my story to attract people to my art.

Later in the afternoon, I high-tailed it across town to Blackwell’s Bookshop to hear Kiran Millwood-Hargrave read from her new novel, The Mercies, and talk in conversation with friend and fellow-author Daisy Johnson. It was one of those events that was inspiring in every way possible and made me want to get back to my writing and finish the *work in progress*. In a small way it even made me begrudge my sketching life for taking up my writing life. Which is silly as I enjoy them both equally, and let’s face it when I wandered downstairs later to the ground floor of the shop an saw the racks of my prints for sale, the pictures have been earning me more of a small living than my writing.

In response to a question from the audience Kiran talked about how if you want to get published you just need to follow ‘the rules’ of the industry and write the book, then approach agents, and then it will happen. She nodded to the fact that some people of course choose to Indie Publish (as I have done) and that that was of course an option and that there is nothing wrong with that, but it wasn’t for her. And it made me think, that I think I do still have a yearning to be published and supported by the publishing machine.

Kiran’s talk definitely inspired me get on with my writing. Today, with Storm Ciara battering the UK, it was definitely a hibernating kind of day. I got stuck into reading Libby Page’s The 24-Hour Café, partly because it is so good, and partly because I can then delve into The Mercies. Then there is Daisy Johnson’s anthology of short stories, Fen.

Now I just have to put my plan into action. Just have to decide whether or not to re-edit Mr Tumnal again. I still can’t quite decide whether I should keep it set in the fictitious city of Wren Hoe on the edge of the Cotswolds, or adapt it to a full-on, if alternative, Oxford, as that is essentially where it is based. I like the Wren motifs and the play on words with Nowhere, but I’m still wondering if it could be better still for being actual Oxford – if an Oxford with trams, and an Edinburgh-style West End.

My current read topping my immediate To Read Pile†‡.

†My immediate To Read Pile is just the tip of the iceberg to my actual to read pile.

‡This list does not yet include Michelle Harrison’s new novel, A Sprinkle of Sorcery.

Hibernating from #StormCiara and I #amreading @libbypagewrites’ #24HourCafe with my next good read in sight… @kiran_mh #TheMercies

Thomas — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 16:32:49 +0000

Hibernating from #StormCiara and I #amreading @libbypagewrites’ #24HourCafe with my next good read in sight…
@kiran_mh #TheMercies

Enjoying @libbypagewrites’ new novel, The 24-Hour Café. It’s the story of best friends Hannah and Mona, but so far I’m connecting with Hannah more, maybe because from the start it’s seen more from her point of view… #24HourCafe #amreading

Thomas — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:18:27 +0000

Enjoying @libbypagewrites’ new novel, The 24-Hour Café. It’s the story of best friends Hannah and Mona, but so far I’m connecting with Hannah more, maybe because from the start it’s seen more from her point of view… #24HourCafe #amreading

February is going to be good month for books. So looking forward too these new releases from @kiran_mh, @elvesden, and @libbypagewrites • • • What #books???? are you looking forward to #amreading?

Thomas — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:36:04 +0000

February is going to be good month for books. So looking forward too these new releases from @kiran_mh, @elvesden, and @libbypagewrites • • •
What #books???? are you looking forward to #amreading?

It might be back to work Thursday, but that doesn’t mean one can’t still enjoy, tea, cake, Christmas tree and a damn good book… #StillChristmas #ChristmasIsNotOver #EighthNight #PagesandCo #TillyAndTheLostFairytales @acaseforbooks #amreading

Thomas — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:20:17 +0000

It might be back to work Thursday, but that doesn’t mean one can’t still enjoy, tea, cake, Christmas tree and a damn good book…
#StillChristmas #ChristmasIsNotOver #EighthNight #PagesandCo #TillyAndTheLostFairytales @acaseforbooks #amreading

#MyReadingYear in 2019… http://shepline.com/2019/12/31/book-review-of-the-year-2019/ #books???? #amreading

Thomas — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:41:38 +0000

#MyReadingYear in 2019…

Book Review of the Year: 2019

#books???? #amreading

Dangerously unsustainable… #amreading #books???? #toreadpile #lovereading

Thomas — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:02:16 +0000

Dangerously unsustainable…
#amreading #books???? #toreadpile #lovereading

Just sobbed my way through the end of @21stcenturyyokel’s #RingTheHill. Descriptions of Dartington’s history and culture suddenly leading me in to the last days of The Bear and Shipley. Powerful stuff! #books???? #naturewriting #memoir #naturalhistory #amreading @unbounders

Thomas — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:48:43 +0000

Just sobbed my way through the end of @21stcenturyyokel’s #RingTheHill. Descriptions of Dartington’s history and culture suddenly leading me in to the last days of The Bear and Shipley. Powerful stuff!
#books???? #naturewriting #memoir #naturalhistory #amreading @unbounders

Just rediscovered my Gumdrop books that my Grandpa gave me. I never realised that he lived in Amersham and that’s where the books were set! @samthebook, have you encountered them… I think I might need to collect the other 15 titles… @booksandink #ValBiro #Gumdrop #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 23:48:53 +0000

Just rediscovered my Gumdrop books that my Grandpa gave me. I never realised that he lived in Amersham and that’s where the books were set! @samthebook, have you encountered them… I think I might need to collect the other 15 titles… @booksandink #ValBiro #Gumdrop #amreading

Just realised that by buying the new @philippullmanofficial from @booksandink, not only did I support a #indiebooksellers but I saved £2 (5 quid off instead of 3) than if I’d bought the #SecretCommonwealth from @waterstones! #shoplocal #loveyourlocal #amreading

Thomas — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:41:53 +0000

Just realised that by buying the new @philippullmanofficial from @booksandink, not only did I support a #indiebooksellers but I saved £2 (5 quid off instead of 3) than if I’d bought the #SecretCommonwealth from @waterstones! #shoplocal #loveyourlocal #amreading

There are always woodsmen in good fairytales and legends… #TheGirlWhoSpeaksBear #amreading #fairytales @sophieandersonauthor

Thomas — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 15:37:22 +0000

There are always woodsmen in good fairytales and legends… #TheGirlWhoSpeaksBear #amreading #fairytales @sophieandersonauthor

Looking forward to reading @21stcenturyyokel’s latest book! #books #amreading @unbounders

Thomas — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:39:41 +0000

Looking forward to reading @21stcenturyyokel’s latest book! #books #amreading @unbounders

This is me. All the time. But I ever don’t regret it. #books #amreading #BooksBooksBooks???? @allthingsardizzone

Thomas — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:04:04 +0000

This is me. All the time. But I ever don’t regret it.
#books #amreading #BooksBooksBooks???? @allthingsardizzone

I was talking to @booksandink about Chester Cricket’s adventures and about #GeorgeSelden’s other book Oscar Lobster’s Fair Exchange. Brilliant. Just brilliant. Absolute classics. #books #amreading #ChildhoodFavourites

Thomas — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:50:32 +0000

I was talking to @booksandink about Chester Cricket’s adventures and about #GeorgeSelden’s other book Oscar Lobster’s Fair Exchange. Brilliant. Just brilliant. Absolute classics. #books #amreading #ChildhoodFavourites

This is the life… #garden???????? #amreading #summer #AFarmersDiary @pintsizedfarmers

Thomas — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:10:55 +0000

This is the life… #garden???????? #amreading #summer #AFarmersDiary @pintsizedfarmers

This is a great little book of mini-essays. The title says it all really. Basically read children’s books, and if you don’t believe me read this book, and then read some children’s books… @katherine.rundell #WhyYouShouldReadChildrensBooks #evenThoughYoyAreSoOldandWise #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:34:35 +0000

This is a great little book of mini-essays. The title says it all really. Basically read children’s books, and if you don’t believe me read this book, and then read some children’s books… @katherine.rundell #WhyYouShouldReadChildrensBooks #evenThoughYoyAreSoOldandWise #amreading

“Ignore those who would call it escapism: it’s not escapism: it is findism. Children’s books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place.” ~@katherine.rundell, Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:18:52 +0000

“Ignore those who would call it escapism: it’s not escapism: it is findism. Children’s books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place.”
~@katherine.rundell, Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise #amreading

Post birthday and #hayonwye trip and things have got to dangerous levels of the #toread pile… #confessionsofabookoholic #amreading

Thomas — Sat, 25 May 2019 17:51:18 +0000

Post birthday and #hayonwye trip and things have got to dangerous levels of the #toread pile… #confessionsofabookoholic #amreading

“I’ve read all my father’s history books” says the man from 1481. So future books then… #amreading #TimeShifters #alongwayfromhome @katefrostauthor

Thomas — Mon, 06 May 2019 19:21:25 +0000

“I’ve read all my father’s history books” says the man from 1481. So future books then… #amreading #TimeShifters #alongwayfromhome @katefrostauthor

#Repost @t.e.shepherd.art • • • • • An exhibition of my pictures from my #bookloversguidetobookshops is on today in the Methodist Chapel at this year’s #HULitFest! #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #amreading #amillustrating @bookshopblogger @barterbooksuk @bartons.bookshop @jaffe_and_neale @octaviasbooks

Thomas — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 09:50:43 +0000

#Repost @t.e.shepherd.art
• • • • •
An exhibition of my pictures from my #bookloversguidetobookshops is on today in the Methodist Chapel at this year’s #HULitFest! #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #amreading #amillustrating @bookshopblogger @barterbooksuk @bartons.bookshop @jaffe_and_neale @octaviasbooks

Always good to see the mark of your friends on the next read, @lexiesox… #amreading #TheFamiliars @staceyhallsauthor

Thomas — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 22:53:07 +0000

Always good to see the mark of your friends on the next read, @lexiesox… #amreading #TheFamiliars @staceyhallsauthor

It’s #worldbookday! I’m celebrating by wearing my words… #MrTumnal ••• What are you #amreading?

Thomas — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:33:58 +0000

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/vp/f9f48ce40ea4e70657e6c08fe76a335d/5C836F3C/t50.2886-16/54259540_260434061500938_5338217052188402335_n.mp4?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com

It’s #worldbookday! I’m celebrating by wearing my words… #MrTumnal •••
What are you #amreading?

The beauty is in the details… #naturewriting #TheLivingMountain #NanShepherd #amreading @chris.packham

Thomas — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 07:31:22 +0000

The beauty is in the details… #naturewriting #TheLivingMountain #NanShepherd #amreading @chris.packham

Regular observers of this feed will know that I write. You might not know that I am part of a family of writers… #imaginaryfriends #dragons???? #buttons #greekmyths #norsemythology #amwriting #amreading #TEShepherd #AndyShepherd #DeborahShepherd #books #storytelling #stories

Thomas — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:09:10 +0000

Regular observers of this feed will know that I write. You might not know that I am part of a family of writers… #imaginaryfriends #dragons???? #buttons #greekmyths #norsemythology #amwriting #amreading #TEShepherd #AndyShepherd #DeborahShepherd #books #storytelling #stories

It’s so, so simple and understated and yet so incredibly brilliant. The way that #EdwardArdizzone captures the expressions and personalities of people in a few sparse lines. It’s something I strive for.. #TheYoungArdizzone #AnAutobiographicalFragment #amreading @allthingsardizzone

Thomas — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 20:42:22 +0000

It’s so, so simple and understated and yet so incredibly brilliant. The way that #EdwardArdizzone captures the expressions and personalities of people in a few sparse lines. It’s something I strive for.. #TheYoungArdizzone #AnAutobiographicalFragment #amreading @allthingsardizzone

Catching up with the #manbooker50 longlist and #costanovelaward winner… #NormalPeople #SallyRooney #books #amreading

Thomas — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:42:14 +0000

Catching up with the #manbooker50 longlist and #costanovelaward winner… #NormalPeople #SallyRooney #books #amreading

This book should have been called P is Ptarmigan but in all other respects its perfect. Thank you @vnemma for encouraging my weird brain and Lucy Titley for finding it! #amreading #theworstalphabetbookever #Pisforpterodactyl

Thomas — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:42:34 +0000

This book should have been called P is Ptarmigan but in all other respects its perfect. Thank you @vnemma for encouraging my weird brain and Lucy Titley for finding it! #amreading #theworstalphabetbookever #Pisforpterodactyl

I believe in fairies (and chocolate hedgepigs) #amreading #PeterPan

Thomas — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:54:11 +0000

I believe in fairies (and chocolate hedgepigs) #amreading #PeterPan

Happy New Year everyone! ???????????? I #amreading #PeterPan in front of the Christmas tree like every good self-confessed bibliophile should.

Thomas — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 23:41:13 +0000

Happy New Year everyone! ???????????? I #amreading #PeterPan in front of the Christmas tree like every good self-confessed bibliophile should.

In which I give my annual Review of the Book Year and reveal my standout reads of 2018 (@libbypagewrites and @acaseforbooks) along with the book of 2019 (@elvesden) too! http://shepline.com/2018/12/31/book-review-of-the-year-2018/ #amreading #books #reviewoftheyear #reviewofthebookyear

Thomas — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:46:18 +0000

In which I give my annual Review of the Book Year and reveal my standout reads of 2018 (@libbypagewrites and @acaseforbooks) along with the book of 2019 (@elvesden) too!

Book Review of the Year: 2018

#amreading #books #reviewoftheyear #reviewofthebookyear

Why shouldn’t “it’s real in my head” be a perfectly acceptable explanation? #HelenMoss ##RealInMyHead #TheWritersMap #amreading

Thomas — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:47:24 +0000

Why shouldn’t “it’s real in my head” be a perfectly acceptable explanation? #HelenMoss ##RealInMyHead #TheWritersMap #amreading

The best bit about the long Christmas holidays… #books???? #TheWritersMap #amreading

Thomas — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:04:25 +0000

The best bit about the long Christmas holidays… #books???? #TheWritersMap #amreading

“Like Stephenson I am a cartophiliac, but because of Stephenson I am also an islomaniac.” They are @robgmacfarlane’s words but they could equally well refer to me. #TheWritersMap #amreading

Thomas — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:14:43 +0000

“Like Stephenson I am a cartophiliac, but because of Stephenson I am also an islomaniac.” They are @robgmacfarlane’s words but they could equally well refer to me. #TheWritersMap #amreading

There’s a definite theme to my Christmas presents this year as every year. Thank you everyone! ???????? #booksmakethepresents #amreading #books #storytelling @21stcenturyyokel @allthingsardizzone @kiran_mh

Thomas — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 14:57:20 +0000

There’s a definite theme to my Christmas presents this year as every year. Thank you everyone! ???????? #booksmakethepresents #amreading #books #storytelling @21stcenturyyokel @allthingsardizzone @kiran_mh

amreading – T E Shepherd

My #ToBeRead pile has got out of hand again… ???????????? #amreading #books

Birthday book haul is in. Thanks again to @vnemma, @jefferyshelen77, @shepherd_ij, @andyshepherdwriter, and my parents-in-law. Going to enjoy reading @simonarmitage_official, @kiran_mh, @joannechocolat, @charliemackesy, @dara_mcanulty, and @nataliehaynesauthor #amreading #books????

Always interesting to see the actual synopses that did the *necessary* with publishers… #HarryPotter #AHistoryOfMagic @britishlibrary #amreading

Daisy Johnson’s writing is as clear and deftly written as David Almond’s, and as every bit as powerful and dangerous. This collection of short stories is outstanding… #Fen @djdaisyjohnson #amreading

Fen by @djdaisyjohnson is deliciously easy to read but the subjects of the stories are not always easy… #Fen #shortstories #amreading

When all you want to do is read your book… #ASprinkleofScorcery @elvesden #amreading

“Reading’s our thing.” . Bookworm by @lucy.mangan is a book for ever book and reading obsessed bookworm, but for someone of with Lucy’s or my age (there’s a year in it apparently) there is so much more. . #books???? #amreading

???????????? This!! #books #amreading #Bookworm @lucy.mangan

Reading a book about reading, quality cuddles with @bellafanella, and time in a sunny garden. Today has been a Good Friday. #Easter #GoodFriday #catsofinstagram #amreading

Probably to my shame I’ve never read any Just William books so please excuse a small squeal of reading reminiscence when @lucy.mangan moves on to talk about Elizabeth Enright’s Saturdays books… #Bookworm #MemoirOfChildhoodReading #amreading

I’m bringing to wonder whether @lucy.mangan and I actually share the exact same library of childrens books. Once again, just from her description here I know that this is my edition of #TheLionTheWitchandtheWardrobe… #books #Bookworm #Narnia #amreading

Spring has arrived and so have shorts… #Bookworm @lucy.mangan #amreading

Love the fact that whilst reading @lucy.mangan’s description of the cover to #RoaldDahl’s #CharlieandtheChocolateFactory, I recognised it as the exact same edition as I remember falling in love with… #books #amreading #illustration #BookIllustration #FaithJaques

‘You are what you are,’ said [his mother]. ‘Yes, I know,’ agrees Plop. ‘Anf what I are is afraid of the dark.’ . You really aren’t well-read if you didn’t grow up reading about Plop, the owl who was afraid of the dark. . #LucyMangan #Bookworm #amreading #TheOwlWhoWasAfraidOfTheDark

My artistic life

Hibernating from #StormCiara and I #amreading @libbypagewrites’ #24HourCafe with my next good read in sight… @kiran_mh #TheMercies

Enjoying @libbypagewrites’ new novel, The 24-Hour Café. It’s the story of best friends Hannah and Mona, but so far I’m connecting with Hannah more, maybe because from the start it’s seen more from her point of view… #24HourCafe #amreading

February is going to be good month for books. So looking forward too these new releases from @kiran_mh, @elvesden, and @libbypagewrites • • • What #books???? are you looking forward to #amreading?

It might be back to work Thursday, but that doesn’t mean one can’t still enjoy, tea, cake, Christmas tree and a damn good book… #StillChristmas #ChristmasIsNotOver #EighthNight #PagesandCo #TillyAndTheLostFairytales @acaseforbooks #amreading

#MyReadingYear in 2019… http://shepline.com/2019/12/31/book-review-of-the-year-2019/ #books???? #amreading

Dangerously unsustainable… #amreading #books???? #toreadpile #lovereading

Just sobbed my way through the end of @21stcenturyyokel’s #RingTheHill. Descriptions of Dartington’s history and culture suddenly leading me in to the last days of The Bear and Shipley. Powerful stuff! #books???? #naturewriting #memoir #naturalhistory #amreading @unbounders

Just rediscovered my Gumdrop books that my Grandpa gave me. I never realised that he lived in Amersham and that’s where the books were set! @samthebook, have you encountered them… I think I might need to collect the other 15 titles… @booksandink #ValBiro #Gumdrop #amreading

Just realised that by buying the new @philippullmanofficial from @booksandink, not only did I support a #indiebooksellers but I saved £2 (5 quid off instead of 3) than if I’d bought the #SecretCommonwealth from @waterstones! #shoplocal #loveyourlocal #amreading

There are always woodsmen in good fairytales and legends… #TheGirlWhoSpeaksBear #amreading #fairytales @sophieandersonauthor

Looking forward to reading @21stcenturyyokel’s latest book! #books #amreading @unbounders

This is me. All the time. But I ever don’t regret it. #books #amreading #BooksBooksBooks???? @allthingsardizzone

I was talking to @booksandink about Chester Cricket’s adventures and about #GeorgeSelden’s other book Oscar Lobster’s Fair Exchange. Brilliant. Just brilliant. Absolute classics. #books #amreading #ChildhoodFavourites

This is the life… #garden???????? #amreading #summer #AFarmersDiary @pintsizedfarmers

This is a great little book of mini-essays. The title says it all really. Basically read children’s books, and if you don’t believe me read this book, and then read some children’s books… @katherine.rundell #WhyYouShouldReadChildrensBooks #evenThoughYoyAreSoOldandWise #amreading

“Ignore those who would call it escapism: it’s not escapism: it is findism. Children’s books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place.” ~@katherine.rundell, Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise #amreading

Post birthday and #hayonwye trip and things have got to dangerous levels of the #toread pile… #confessionsofabookoholic #amreading

“I’ve read all my father’s history books” says the man from 1481. So future books then… #amreading #TimeShifters #alongwayfromhome @katefrostauthor

Always good to see the mark of your friends on the next read, @lexiesox… #amreading #TheFamiliars @staceyhallsauthor

It’s #worldbookday! I’m celebrating by wearing my words… #MrTumnal ••• What are you #amreading?

The beauty is in the details… #naturewriting #TheLivingMountain #NanShepherd #amreading @chris.packham

Regular observers of this feed will know that I write. You might not know that I am part of a family of writers… #imaginaryfriends #dragons???? #buttons #greekmyths #norsemythology #amwriting #amreading #TEShepherd #AndyShepherd #DeborahShepherd #books #storytelling #stories

It’s so, so simple and understated and yet so incredibly brilliant. The way that #EdwardArdizzone captures the expressions and personalities of people in a few sparse lines. It’s something I strive for.. #TheYoungArdizzone #AnAutobiographicalFragment #amreading @allthingsardizzone

Catching up with the #manbooker50 longlist and #costanovelaward winner… #NormalPeople #SallyRooney #books #amreading

This book should have been called P is Ptarmigan but in all other respects its perfect. Thank you @vnemma for encouraging my weird brain and Lucy Titley for finding it! #amreading #theworstalphabetbookever #Pisforpterodactyl

I believe in fairies (and chocolate hedgepigs) #amreading #PeterPan

Happy New Year everyone! ???????????? I #amreading #PeterPan in front of the Christmas tree like every good self-confessed bibliophile should.

In which I give my annual Review of the Book Year and reveal my standout reads of 2018 (@libbypagewrites and @acaseforbooks) along with the book of 2019 (@elvesden) too! http://shepline.com/2018/12/31/book-review-of-the-year-2018/ #amreading #books #reviewoftheyear #reviewofthebookyear

Why shouldn’t “it’s real in my head” be a perfectly acceptable explanation? #HelenMoss ##RealInMyHead #TheWritersMap #amreading

The best bit about the long Christmas holidays… #books???? #TheWritersMap #amreading

“Like Stephenson I am a cartophiliac, but because of Stephenson I am also an islomaniac.” They are @robgmacfarlane’s words but they could equally well refer to me. #TheWritersMap #amreading

There’s a definite theme to my Christmas presents this year as every year. Thank you everyone! ???????? #booksmakethepresents #amreading #books #storytelling @21stcenturyyokel @allthingsardizzone @kiran_mh

Always interesting to see the actual synopses that did the necessary with publishers… #HarryPotter #AHistoryOfMagic @britishlibrary #amreading