Fable & Kin

Write your story.
We'll make it a book.

Create your very own picture book written by you, starring the people you love, beautifully illustrated, and printed. So you can keep your stories and memories alive with a one-of-a-kind story book to read over and over again.

Start your story
A printed Fable & Kin book titled In Mummy's Tummy, its pencil-drawn cover showing two parents swimming in a harbour below an Italian hillside town
A printed Fable & Kin book titled Dream Lands, its cover showing a child sharing a boat and a tea party with a polar bear in a glowing cave
A printed Fable & Kin book titled I Wish I Was an Octopus, its cover showing a girl in pyjamas sitting up in bed with eight arms

Write for free.

Pay when you're ready to finish the illustrations and move on to printing. Shipping is added at checkout for printed editions.

Digital

US$11.99

Page-turning PDF edition for your tablet, plus a link for family anywhere

Most loved

Softcover

US$37.99

+ shipping

28 pages, 21 × 28 cm (8 × 11″) portrait, soft matte cover

Digital edition included

Hardcover

US$44.99

+ shipping

The keepsake edition, 21 × 28 cm (8 × 11″) portrait, built to be re-read

Digital edition included

How it works

Four simple steps from your words to a finished keepsake.

  1. Tell it your way.

    Start from a story you've already written, a rough draft, or a half-formed idea. Tell us your story and give us the important details of your characters.

  2. Review, edit and polish.

    Review your writing, get advice and suggestions from our editor, make your changes as you like them and read it aloud to make sure you're happy with the story.

  3. Pay & we illustrate.

    Once you're happy with the words in your story, you'll pay for your chosen book format and we'll complete all the rest of the illustrations to bring your story to life visually.

  4. Review, print and ship.

    Review and edit the illustrations, then approve it to be sent to the printers. We print and deliver your custom storybook.

Start from where you are

Wherever your story is right now is the right place to start.