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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Genius!

Ideas. They come to you. And then you know. They fit. They work. Genius… I have this scene I’m currently writing where Ben and Hanna have arrived with Bjäkk at Hólar. It’s late and in the isolation of this school…

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Genius!

Ideas. They come to you. And then you know. They fit. They work. Genius… I have this scene I’m currently writing where Ben and Hanna have arrived with Bjäkk at Hólar. It’s late and in the isolation of this school…

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What rating is your journal? brought to you by Quizilla But what would be really interesting is if someone could write a website where it goes and looks at your journal and devises the rating from there…

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One smell and I’m there…

I think it was the scent of freshly made hot chocolate coupled with the warm yet grey and (strangely hauntingly) atmospheric, hint-of-thunder-to-come, weather but as I crossed the car park this morning I was for a moment instantly transported back…

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Postcards

Alison – a friend I met at Bransdale Mill (10 miles from anywhere in the depths of the North York Moors) during a glorious conservation holiday back in 1999 – sent me this postcard yesterday. From Estonia. She’s just been…

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Interview by rachel2205

1. Have you got any writing projects after this one? There’s a novel set in upstate New York variously entitled The Fall or Alyssa’s Flyht which I would like to write. It was always supposed to be a sequel to…

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Who are you…?

Someone called bananarob has *friended* me without so much as a word or a why…? Not that I object, but it would be nice to know why. So Rob? Who are you? Tell us about yourself…? How did you find…

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Postcard from Estonia?

If any of you lovely people would like a postcard from Estonia – say Yay! to this post and leave me your address… (or if you don’t fancy leaving the address in a comment, then email me here)

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Postcard from Estonia?

If any of you lovely people would like a postcard from Estonia – say Yay! to this post and leave me your address… (or if you don’t fancy leaving the address in a comment, then email me here)

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Interview by daughterofeve

1. What do you most believe in? Friendship. Almost a couple of years ago, after my folk’s house burnt down I didn’t get any sleep, went into work and battled through (well I could hardly stick around the house on…

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Interview by daughterofeve

1. What do you most believe in? Friendship. Almost a couple of years ago, after my folk’s house burnt down I didn’t get any sleep, went into work and battled through (well I could hardly stick around the house on…

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Estonia in just 12 working days time…

Final details for my holiday arrived today. So, here’s the gist… You will be involved in a variety of activities. These may include: Building nature trails Cutting and collectng brushwood (junipers) Fencing and dry stone walling Clearing a swamping pool…

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