Nothing Excting
Our journey with traumatic brain injury and severe autism across three countries
Nothing Exciting is an unflinching dad’s memoir and practical guide. With his signature heartfelt voice and humour, Emil shares raw, vivid stories of resilience, family fun, and laugh-out-loud moments that prove even the toughest days can hold unexpected comedy — while delivering hard-won “top tips” in every chapter.
Organised around ten essential themes - Community, Adaptation, Resilience, Joy, Self-Care and more - the book weaves moving anecdotes and cultural insight with immediately usable advice.
Whether you’re raising a child with special needs or supporting someone who is, this book delivers the wisdom, tools, and hope you need — with heart, humour, and the realisation that nothing exciting can still be truly epic.
28th June, 2026
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Moments, mantras and Bugga moments.
Browse a collection of visual snapshots from Nothing Exciting, created to bring Emil and Timmy’s story to life in a bold, joyful and very un-dour way. Each graphic captures a different theme, memory or hard-won lesson from the book — from community and resilience to inclusion, self-care, laughter and love.
Flick through a few pages from the book
Explore a hand-picked selection of pages from Nothing Exciting, brought together from different parts of the book to give you a feel for Emil’s voice, humour, honesty and practical advice. These pages are not one continuous extract, but a collection of moments from across the memoir.
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