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

The Imaginary Wife

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

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Tue, 20:04: #100HappyDays Day 280: From garden to paste in one hour… Emma-grown leeks make a scrummy rissotto.… http://t.co/WEAprazUaf

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Mon, 19:40: #100HappyDays Day 279: Preparing for publication, and watching the colours emerge… #MrTumnal… http://t.co/NLKNGDbgKr Mon, 20:02: Just posted a photo http://t.co/Hyr9scgfTf Mon, 20:05: Can it really be six years since we became chicken keepers of Gwinevere and Delissia? http://t.co/dqH01ldNnR

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Sun, 18:05: #100HappyDays Day 278: Vintage fair at Snape Maltings with a haul of Tupperware… #1HappyYear http://t.co/NJKy7fPENv Sun, 20:24: The smell of my childhood car journeys. Passing the #sugarbeet factory of Bury St Edmunds. Beautiful (not)! Mon, 07:42: Yuck! The…

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Sat, 19:37: #100HappyDays Day 277: After 20 years away save for the occasional visit, mum and dad have moved back… http://t.co/O4GK0zgVla

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Fri, 17:52: #100HappyDays Day 276: Getting stuck into a new book and loving the little #design #details in… http://t.co/zGciowp8DH Fri, 18:49: Q: Is there a difference between a word document and Word Document? What is the the generic name for…

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Back On The Words

There is something quite special about being back in the writing zone. I’ve missed it. On the 27 July 2013 I finished my last novel, and since then I’ve been keeping my creativity going with editing Mr Tumnal, along with…

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Back On The Words

There is something quite special about being back in the writing zone. I’ve missed it. On the 27 July 2013 I finished my last novel, and since then I’ve been keeping my creativity going with editing Mr Tumnal, along with…

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Thu, 22:53: #100HappyDays Day 275: Thursday night is band night. #1HappyYear @ Dunmore School http://t.co/9KbVPCfZ0M Thu, 22:56: 🙁 http://t.co/D3E1eit9ve http://t.co/WIfnkDyzlS

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Wed, 21:52: #100HappyDays Day 274: Photographing the big moon… #1HappyYear http://t.co/NzXdJJOJlx Wed, 22:51: 5 of 5 stars to How Novels Work by John Mullan https://t.co/mWcD9Mef0P Wed, 22:56: A book lovers book: review of How Novels Work by John Mullen http://t.co/KfjtJL6YGT…

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Tue, 18:25: Q. Would you live in Oxover: a uni city on the edge of the Cotswolds; & also Britain’s most inland docks at the upper reaches of the Thames? Wed, 08:52: BBC News – Garlic injection could tackle tree…

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Mon, 13:18: Bbrrrr… its cold out there. Mon, 21:50: #100HappyDays Day 272: Whisky and writing… #TheNextNovel #1HappyYear @ Southwold, Bicester http://t.co/QQuZ8GabkY Mon, 21:56: Puck appears in #TheNextNovel. I haven’t decided yet if he’s working for Oberon or Titania… it neither……

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Sun, 16:17: The Other Social Networks http://t.co/mI357lIqmq #life #socialnetworking #pinterest Sun, 17:35: #100HappyDays Day 271: And then, suddenly, it happens. The words, they start to come… #TheNextNovel… http://t.co/tQXhYb551K Sun, 19:27: I’ve started #amwriting novel number three. First person, female POV,…

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The Other Social Networks

I’m a high-user of social networking. I admit it. I have been for over a decade now, having started my Livejournal early in 2003 partly as a response to being bullied at work. Since then, I have met friends, networked…

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Sat, 17:41: #100HappyDays Day 270: After the bleak rain of earlier the glorious colours of Autumn. I hope today’s… http://t.co/ETg95hVvRB Sat, 19:39: Inspiration escaping me… http://t.co/3R965N05SW #covers #creativity #life #work #writing

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Inspiration escaping me

This evening I find myself tired. In my day job, it has been Open Day, and the October one is one of our biggest and most important for next year’s recruitment. I always feel a bit of a fraud for…

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Fri, 17:17: The face of Open Day organisation as Claire resorts to two phones… @ Oxford Brookes University http://t.co/gRHhW1zuo0 Fri, 22:58: #100HappyDays Day 269: Blown away by how much this first preliminary sketch from a cover artist who… http://t.co/ulJv4OHQFY

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Thu, 16:18: @Lexiesox Hi! A colleague of your sister’s put me onto you as a cover designer. Do you do freelance? Thu, 18:21: #100HappyDays Day 268: The #OccasionalPoet in me still hopes to write something for #NationalPoetryDay… http://t.co/3TCoPuxRaR

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Wed, 18:41: RT @Brucey1: Is the Co-op really suggesting beans on toast is inspiration for dinner?! Surely that’s the dinner for when you have NO time o… Wed, 20:38: #100HappyDays Day 267: I only started watching the #GBBO with last…

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Tue, 09:15: If anyone wants an #ello invite, let me know… http://t.co/aqN0xKSWqo Tue, 14:56: #inflation The real cost of “spending a penny” these days… http://t.co/y6IcnjnUWo Tue, 17:01: That awkward moment when you wake up convinced you’ve been snoring on the…

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