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Mr Tumnal

Everyone has an idea of their ideal family. Not everyone’s become real

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About me

Derbyshire born. Suffolk bred. Lives in the shires.

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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The Imaginary Wife

How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?

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My bike with the big wheels has been off-road for two long with a puncture in the rear wheel because no was under the impression they were hard to do. Worse, I’ve had an inner tube waiting for years. . Today I fixed it myself, and got my bike back on the road… #LifeInLockdown #lockdown #coronavirus

Tuesday 31 March 2020

My bike with the big wheels has been off-road for two long with a puncture in the rear wheel because no was under the impression they were hard to do. Worse, I’ve had an inner tube waiting for years. ….

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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

Tuesday 31 March 2020

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

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Just been for my allotted daily exercise. Today it was a cycle tour of Bicester involving a deserted Bicester Village and an almost post-apocolyptic A41 with NO traffic. Not to shabby a distance in less than an hour and against some strong winds… #lockdown #coronavirus #dailyexercise #amcycling????

Sunday 29 March 2020

Just been for my allotted daily exercise. Today it was a cycle tour of Bicester involving a deserted Bicester Village and an almost post-apocolyptic A41 with NO traffic. Not to shabby a distance in less than an hour and against…

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The need to kneed… #pasta #pastaverde

Saturday 28 March 2020

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t50.2886-16/90788816_209005190329227_6110135278835914142_n.mp4?_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=BaMWAIQa8VkAX8kCQCn&oe=5E81E902&oh=75fc71f90d7c93d2a34681aacf937983 The need to kneed… #pasta #pastaverde

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‘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

Saturday 28 March 2020

‘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…

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