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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14:43 is looking to what might be a good season of programmes www.bbc.co.uk/tv/seasons/wonders-of-iceland/ #wondersoficeland #bbc4 # 15:00 David Cameron has blocked plans get wild animals out of our circuses: ind.pn/kVcCZQ \via @sueperkins @johannhari101 # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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09:59 has voted #YestoAV in the #UKreferendum because you know it makes sense. Don’t forget to to vote… # 14:35 Tell HarperCollins: Limited Checkouts on eBooks is Wrong for Libraries t.co/DirUHlB # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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10:24 loves a little bit of sleuthing: the OED has discovered a use of OMG from 1917 bit.ly/mbl8gr \via @janerawson @lkehoe2 # 20:16 is cautiously optimistic for the future… # 21:53 : my wife has just realised why everyone is…

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17:03 Hallelujah hallelujah! I can hear the birdies again and the tinkle of the water feature. The Hullaballoos next door have turned off Heart FM # 17:28 thinks that clearly The Teachers next door have decided that we, and our…

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06:00 has just gone back to bed after getting up in the pitch black of 4am to walk in the woods #dawnchorus # 19:25 cannot quite believe that I’ve taken a watering can to the toilet with me to wee…

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May Day morning

In an echo of three years ago, with today being International Dawn Chorus, emej and I got up at 4 o’clock this morning and headed out in the pitch black to Piddington Woods to hear the birdies. We passed only…

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18:55 is plotting the revenge of a writer on the House of Hullabaloos next door. They will come to a nasty, fictional, end in a future novel… # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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18:55 is plotting the revenge of a writer on the House of Hullabaloos next door. They will come to a nasty, fictional, end in a future novel… # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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13:05 would’ve tweeted something pithy about #RoyalWedding, if a) I could’ve thought of something pithy, & be b) I could’ve got my computer online # 18:54 loves how the @guardian has a “Republicans click here” button on their website to…

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13:05 would’ve tweeted something pithy about #RoyalWedding, if a) I could’ve thought of something pithy, & be b) I could’ve got my computer online # 18:54 loves how the @guardian has a “Republicans click here” button on their website to…

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17:43 has had a very nice afternoon nosying around Roald Dahl’s garden with the Shepherd, Jefferys, and Francis ladies… # 22:21 very much enjoyed the tonight’s bbq, and then the continued sitting in the garden until half past nine by…

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The Time Was When

17:43 has had a very nice afternoon nosying around Roald Dahl’s garden with the Shepherd, Jefferys, and Francis ladies… # 22:21 very much enjoyed the tonight’s bbq, and then the continued sitting in the garden until half past nine by…

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23:25 notes that in March I took about 40 photos; in April, so far, I have taken about 450 photos! # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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23:25 notes that in March I took about 40 photos; in April, so far, I have taken about 450 photos! # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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22:27 has had a very nice weekend lazing in a very nice New Forest garden with @EmmaEShepherd. Thanks Mum and Dad! 🙂 # 22:28 (contd.) …a bit hot now, after unpacking. Pleased though that all 7 cats were home to…

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22:27 has had a very nice weekend lazing in a very nice New Forest garden with @EmmaEShepherd. Thanks Mum and Dad! 🙂 # 22:28 (contd.) …a bit hot now, after unpacking. Pleased though that all 7 cats were home to…

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08:40 This sums me up: “nobody becomes a writer because of his or her tremendous ease with social interactions” is.gd/ODB3J4 (@AlysFowler) # 15:12 is editing in the sun (okay, okay, under the shade of an umbrella…) #TheBook #TheEndOfAllWorlds # 15:15…

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The Time Was When

08:40 This sums me up: “nobody becomes a writer because of his or her tremendous ease with social interactions” is.gd/ODB3J4 (@AlysFowler) # 15:12 is editing in the sun (okay, okay, under the shade of an umbrella…) #TheBook #TheEndOfAllWorlds # 15:15…

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11:53 has just debugged a problem with the all new and improved staff database, thanks to a little help from Charlie and @winko7… # 11:57 There’s so few people in the building today that the foyer lights have turned themselves…

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11:53 has just debugged a problem with the all new and improved staff database, thanks to a little help from Charlie and @winko7… # 11:57 There’s so few people in the building today that the foyer lights have turned themselves…

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