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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And so now, all I have to do is wait…

Today, I purchased my new whizzy laptop. I shall leave all the geeky jargon for those that understand such things; surfice it to say that it will blow my old computer completely out the water. Actually talking about old computers,…

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The 2 Rs [reading and writing]

A long weekend, and a long weekend without the need to go anywhere, or to do anything (decorating-wise). A long weekend, just to be; to enjoy. And I did. Mostly this weekend I have been reading, and I have been…

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He wants more

Hannah watches Ben, eyeing him carefully – taking in his every look and trying to remember every beautiful feature about him – as she loosens the straps of her rucksack and unpacks her sleeping bag. He turns to face her…

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His Life as Fairy Tale

Following my Project NellyTM session, I nipped up the Victoria Line to St Panrass and visited (for the first ever time) the British Library, where beneath the paper-maché-like representation of a giant ugly duckling I visited their new exhibition of…

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I am a member of 4 cliques of size 5

oxfordslacker, shepline, tinyjo, celestialweasel, dotty cleanskies, oxfordslacker, shepline, tinyjo, dotty rachel2205, cloud_less, shepline, milk_and_ink, drowned_books mosskat55, rachel2205, shepline, milk_and_ink, drowned_books Find the largest clique containing: (Enter your livejournal username here).

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Lone Star Mark Three

Went to see Lone Star Mark Three by Mike Akers – a curious comedy commisioned by the Salisbury Playhouse, about a cast of characters in the Carivanning Club, their interlocking relationships and the love of northern soul music. It was…

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Cool vibes

My week continues apace to be busy, busy … busy! I seem to find myself juggling so many balls, at times I find it hard to believe that I actually am making progress. I have sent another issue of Ecological…

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Don’t Panic

I skipped off at the end of work today to revel in utter silliness, and stopped off at the movies to see the new Hitchhikers film. It was very very silly and completely uncomparable to the original Radio 4 series….

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Insensitive

My colleague in Science Division spent close to an hour long personal phone call. I say colleague, but with this insensitivity a daily occurrence I feel that I am the only one working on online production for science journals. I…

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A 25 page dossier on … on Me?!!

This afternoon, Bill sent me the details of the profiling site which will, after answering a series of questions bring back a profile of how one prefers to be communicated with. It consisted of 26 questions – each one consisting…

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Can I have a weekend now?

The weekend is almost over, and all I’m thinking, is that a weekend sounds like a nice idea about now… My house is now devoid of carpet (except for up the stairs) and in its place is a lovely new…

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