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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The time was when

08:44 has just had a squirrel flop off a wall onto the path in front of me. It looked round sheepishly and then ran off… # 14:54 has a working radiator! Bliss… 🙂 # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by…

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09:55 : the digital cloud; weird or cool? I can’t decide… news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8350770.stm raisethecloud.org/ # 12:12 RT: Fantastic expression! @animalfinders: Great animal photo – Bengal tiger underwater – bit.ly/2o5vC3 # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter

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The time was when

18:03 : having fun with a rug doctor… # 19:19 : how much can you have on a Monday might with a rug doctor? #cleaningHeaven # 20:30 now has sparkly clean carpets and odour free… # Bleated on behalf of…

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The time was when

21:01 is guessing, by the half dozen of frends #fb statuses, that x factor has not been good again. Why do they still watch I wonder? # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter

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14:08 has had a nice morning, even if he and Emma did have to revisit the Eye hospital…l at least the result of a poke in the eye is on the mend # 19:10 is concerned. Emma appears to be…

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10:08 has succeeded where he thought he was destined to always fail… # 14:58 is cold. Cold, cold, flppin’ cold… # 21:26 is sitting watching Autumnwatch with Emma and their six cats. Friday nights don’t get any better! 🙂 #…

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13:41 is at work, finally, after day-tripping it hither and thither across the Oxfordshire countryside, to and from the Oxford Eye Hospital… # 19:48 Yay, Vampire Weekend have a new album, and free track to download www.vampireweekend.com/ Have to wait…

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So Mr President…

With the news the Lisbon treaty has now been ratified by all 27 European states it looks likely (nothing is absolutely certain when it comes to Europe it seems) that we will be getting a new president now, but not…

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The time was when

21:59 is playing scrabble with his wife. I mean actual scrabble, with a board and everything… 🙂 # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter

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11:50 has unscheduled day off to take Emma to the eye hospital with a corneal abrasion the size of a small lentil, and to be her eyes for the day # 15:10 RT: Why, why would you do that?! @animalfinders:…

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09:42 RT: Spring or autumn; it’s the difference between beer and brandy… @bbcautumnwatch: Interview with @chrisgpackham in bit.ly/2UQvEw # 10:18 : give the boy a chance; take it from me, they’re good workers when given the opportunity tinyurl.com/yzjcz2u # 12:14…

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Don’t knock him, he has a point

The TV Naturalist and Autumnwatch Chris Packham has been coming under quite a bit of stick recently for his, possibly, radical approach for conservation. The thing is, he can’t knock him really, because he speaks with his heart, in his…

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09:34 is wondering how he can remove the sidebar… # 15:11 : RIP Phil Archer tinyurl.com/yg7c25p But will they let the character die with him; have him go silent; or recast? # 22:06 has actually played some good notes tonight….

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10:04 : trying to configure the level 5 navigation I’ve managed to add. Which template and/or CSS file shall I pick on next…? # 11:20 RT World gone mad?! @bbcautumnwatch Unusual and a bit sad RT @captainludd: @bbcautumnwatch Baby ducklings..now…

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The time was when

21:59 is enjoying seeing his story form itself on the paper like Mr Tumnal’s photos materialise out of the bromide paper in the developing tray # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter

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The time was when

08:41 wonders why we couldn’t haven had today’s weather yesterday? # 16:07 is wondering how you visually represent in a 65×65 px image “moduler learning”? # Bleated on behalf of Thomas by LoudTwitter

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16:10 would like to publicly thank Deben-shitty-hams for that half hour by the checkouts trying to buy something with the wedding vouchers! # 17:41 is looking forward to the bathroom light falling on his head whilst having a quiet shave……

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The time was when

23:09 is confused, frustrated and annoyed with the stupidity that is facebook on the day they do a site redesign. Now you see it, now you don’t… # 23:09 now you see it, now you don’t… # Bleated on behalf…

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The time was when

08:45 never ceases to be amazed by how much difference the schools being out em sale term makes to the daily commute… # 10:38 isn’t sure where he would be without his Oxford Spelling Dictionary… tinyurl.com/ykeb7ap # 14:09 : patching…

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09:55 appears to be missing one lens from his sunglasses. Useful, not… :- # 10:43 : reading induction documents… # 12:31 has just got back from taking photographs of the Law dept. The upside of this was a nice walk…

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