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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Sun, 19:28: Day 12: As I edit The Book, I keep on re-reading this, from my editor, and it gives me faith…… http://t.co/DaXJ7U0ffG Sun, 21:06: My first read of a Sherlock story is Holmes’ first case http://t.co/gfKnzVc05B #books #amreading #reviews…

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100 Happy Days: Day 12

Day 12: As I edit The Book, I keep on re-reading this, from my editor, and it gives me faith… #100HappyDays — with Angella Graff.

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Sat, 14:36: Day 11: #100HappyDays Picking out books from our local #library. It’s been a while, a very great… http://t.co/fvHmNXqMho Sat, 17:23: Rekindling my relationship with libraries… http://t.co/TXaP8169B5 #books #libraries #amreading Sat, 20:01: Looking forward to tonight’s Vietnamese dish from…

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My local library

Last week I reminisced about my library use of yore. With my reading volume in 2014 having gone up a gear (or two), I’ve decided that I really ought to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak…

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Fri, 12:13: RT @Joannechocolat: Now on Kindle, for £3.99, the price of, er, a piece of string… http://t.co/9gZpe3jht1 Fri, 17:17: Day 10: I can’t explain this one. I just looked up and saw these clouds in the night sky and…

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Memories and the train of thought

Whilst on the bus today I fell to thinking about how, where possible I like to approach bus stops facing towards the direction of travel. Where I currently live I am equidistant om two possible bus stops – give or…

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Memories and the train of thought

Whilst on the bus today I fell to thinking about how, where possible I like to approach bus stops facing towards the direction of travel. Where I currently live I am equidistant om two possible bus stops – give or…

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100 Happy Days: Day 10

Day 10: I can’t explain this one. I just looked up and saw these clouds in the night sky and that made me happy #100HappyDays

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My tweets

Thu, 17:03: Day 9: At last spine honest to god Twitter engagement on the #work accounts… #100HappyDays #geek @… http://t.co/o7lhwRmwdG Fri, 07:58: Pursued by faeries. Could it be #Oxford or #WrenHoe…? #MrTumnal @ Oxford City Centre http://t.co/BlW821NbTi Fri, 11:47: I…

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Wed, 18:20: has had a really good day’s training course today learning about #copywriting from a #work perspective…

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