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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14:49 has compiled another book… #unofficialweddingalbum # 22:40 wonders how long it will take to upload a 220MB PDF file? Hrmm, maybe I should go and marzipan the xmas cake whilst I wait… # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

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10:43 still amused by the placard seen yesterday amongst the student fees march in Trafalgar Square: ‘Free European transport’ – wrong demo? # 11:52 Vote: Friday Song 7 – Bangtail Feathers for Friday Song of The Year 2010! t.co/yW6ZavW Email…

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07:59 is looking out on the most gorgeous sunrise over Oxfordshire from the train to London… # 13:29 You have received a new message twitpic.com/3ec2pr # 17:33 twitpic.com/3ec2pr – has been to the other event happening in London today. Nice…

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11:58 has found something that doesn’t appear to be an olive amongst the olives in my @grazedotcom box. Dare I investigate further? # 19:18 is off to London Town tomorrow to see my Dad get his CBE at Buckingham Palace….

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07:16 is wondering if I’m going to have to make more marmalade? Is 13lbs going to be enough?!? # 09:36 had the most beautiful drive in this morn; the mystical beauty of deep frosts and unearthly fog. Still puzzled by…

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11:00:31: was surprised to find that the heavy haw frost in Oxford this morning, was not in fact frost, but actual snow! Where did that come from? 11:15:08: is reminded of when my Dad gave his inaugural lecture as professor…

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19:23:27: is feeling proper Christmassy. Tree up and house decorated. It’s stir up Sunday and the cake is in the oven. Marmalade is on the hob… Tweets copied by twittinesis.com

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00:16:36: sees that its definitely snowing outside. I mean, big snow, proper snow… #UKsnow OX26 12:04:49: : Brilliant! My amazon homepage is now recommending ‘Depression fallout’, ‘Overcoming depression’, ‘Is he Depressed or What?’… 12:06:36: ….is he depressed or what? I…

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10:44:59: would quite like one of these: the Pocket Square Digital Camera http://t.co/u7jqKJ5 via @photojojo 10:57:54: : audio slideshow of a Britain, Snowbound… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11900122 via @bbcnews 21:38:29: wasn’t sure about Rapunzel when they mentioned magic pigs but maybe I should…

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07:54:30: hears that there is upto a foot of snow in some parts of the south. Not here there’s not. Not a flake. Not fair. 10:29:39: can report that it is now snowing here, slightly. At this rate we should…

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00:30:50: : fit every 40,000 volt electricity pylon in the UK with 3 or 4 vertical axis wind turbines plumbed into grid via @Kevin_McCloud 11:59:33: wonders why everyone else in the country have to hog all the snow fun? 12:17:29:…

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