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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The Friday Vote

After yesterdays uncertainty and worry I’m feeling better about my synopsis, and thus the future of my novel. I worked through the success and failures of my it with Eddie over lunch and showed it to Emma in the evening…

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The Dream

So I’ve finished the novel. I’ve revised the 100,000 words, and I’m happy with the story. I also think that I might have a title in The End of All Worlds which is better than Blood & Fire. So what’s…

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The Time Was When

09:10:58 @ratsinabag Good luck for the interview! Winchester is a nice place. Hi, by the way – how have you been? 10:45:15 listening to an ever widening spectrum of music … can you have a spectrum of music?!! 12:00:09 @janerawson…

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The Time Was When

09:10:58 @ratsinabag Good luck for the interview! Winchester is a nice place. Hi, by the way – how have you been? 10:45:15 listening to an ever widening spectrum of music … can you have a spectrum of music?!! 12:00:09 @janerawson…

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Thomas needs

Directions: Google your first name plus the word “needs” and put up the first ten hits Thomas needs: 1. proof 2. a jew 3. to be put out to pasture 4. a home 5. stem cell therapy 6. to worry…

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The eclectic mix just got more eclectic

Seeing as my iPod has a ridiculous 80Gb of space on it I’ve been working my way through ‘s CD collection. Now my iPod, being a collection‐without‐selection of every piece of music I collect was always an eclectic mix. With…

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The Time Was When

08:53:26 @janerawson Are you just going to stay on the Saturday night, or will you be able to join us back at the hall for Sunday too?

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The Time Was When

08:53:26 @janerawson Are you just going to stay on the Saturday night, or will you be able to join us back at the hall for Sunday too?

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The (controversial) Oxford comma

Emma and I have been asking our guest list for 5 song suggestions each for use post-meal at our wedding reception. I’ve always hoped that we would get a thoroughly eclectic mix of songs and unearth some hidden gems. Yesterday…

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Day of Various Things

~ Woke up this morning in the most alarming of ways. My dream was brought to a (literally) crashing end with the thought that someone had thrown a brick through the window. What’s more, with our neighbours off somewhere early,…

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Return of the aubergines

Regular readers of these pages may remember the endless saga of frying 4 aubergines in recent weeks. The thing is, I like aubergines, so when it came to cooking our Valentine’s dinner I was quite relieved that aubergine and mozzarella…

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