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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100 Happy Days

100 Happy Days: Day 24

#100HappyDays Day 24: It’s a batten down the hatches kind if day as more rain descends and epic puddles rise. It’s also pay day, and HMV had a closing down sale. Good opportunity to complete my collection and whisk myself…

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100 Happy Days: Day 24

#100HappyDays Day 24: It’s a batten down the hatches kind if day as more rain descends and epic puddles rise. It’s also pay day, and HMV had a closing down sale. Good opportunity to complete my collection and whisk myself…

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Thu, 17:58: #100HappyDays Day 23: Arriving home from work when it’s still light and having time to have a sit down… http://t.co/n3f3GXKW21 Thu, 18:15: Day 22 of my #100happydays has been my most popular to date… Fri, 09:32: RT @blackwelloxford:…

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100 Happy Days: Day 23

#100HappyDays Day 23: Arriving home from work when it’s still light and having time to have a sit down with a cup of tea and a read…

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Wed, 14:45: Why does MS Word underline its in a blue squiggle when I know I’m using it correctly? #idlecuriosity #work Wed, 15:20: RT @ghirlandia: Beautiful Amber Bear, (Neolithic, 1700 B.C. – 650 B.C.) http://t.co/K2ekmIrG3C #history RT @loretobgude @sbadsgood Wed,…

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100 Happy Days

100 Happy Days: Day 22

#100HappyDays Day 22: I’ve not had an unhappy day but I was beginning to think I didn’t have anything to photograph today. A moment of silliness over getting a loaf out of the breadmaker and I then there’s Emma’s grin….

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100 Happy Days: Day 22

#100HappyDays Day 22: I’ve not had an unhappy day but I was beginning to think I didn’t have anything to photograph today. A moment of silliness over getting a loaf out of the breadmaker and I then there’s Emma’s grin….

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Tue, 16:34: @Ally_Nuttall Have you come across IndieReCon yet? I did last year and found it useful http://t.co/WfTYLirhlQ Tue, 19:50: #100HappyDays Day 21: A little something I treated myself to after successfully setting up and… http://t.co/yJuAlLZXwg Tue, 20:35: For my…

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100 Happy Days: Day 21

#100HappyDays Day 21: A little something I treated myself to after successfully setting up and actioning a productive cross-university to meeting…

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Mon, 15:21: RT @siancain: @shepline My pleasure! It was great to read it, never read any fantasy like it. There’s a sequel soon, right? Mon, 15:36: #100HappyDays Day 20: A new review of my debut novel, and this from a…

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Sun, 15:49: A book of modern expectations: review of Stella by @helenlmeve http://t.co/EKKrtO62Pz #books #amreading #reviews Sun, 16:34: #100HappyDays Day 19: Happiness is seeing cats washing each other… #socute @ Southwold http://t.co/brQVzV5BTA Sun, 16:49: ‘No, Dad! You don’t just get…

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From the smallest of seeds, a story…

On Friday, while standing in the queue for the S5 Oxford to Bicester bus I saw, for the third time, a man with long, unkempt, black hair and wearing a medieval-like tunic. On Saturday, while passing some time in Bicester…

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From the smallest of seeds, a story…

On Friday, while standing in the queue for the S5 Oxford to Bicester bus I saw, for the third time, a man with long, unkempt, black hair and wearing a medieval-like tunic. On Saturday, while passing some time in Bicester…

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