Welcome to my website

I hope you enjoy visiting my website. You can:

watch me reading some of my stories and visit my YouTube Channel
learn about me
read my latest news
hear about my school visits
get answers to frequently asked questions
find out about my picture books, chapter books and school readers
buy many of my books
read reviews of my books

You can also download and read some of my short stories:

I love to hear from my readers so please contact me with any questions or comments you have. You can also have a discussion with me and other readers through items on my News page.

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If you buy one of my books through a link on this website I receive a 5% commission. This is a great help to me in being able to write more books.

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Though it’s sometimes easier to click on a link and have a book delivered to your door, nothing beats a great bookshop with knowledgeable (some might say book-mad) staff. If you like my books they’ll be able to suggest other great New Zealand writers you might try as well.

Kyle Mewburn children's writer

5 days ago

Finally got to see the complete sketches for my junior novel The very annoying ghost by the talented Errol McCleary. Always a weird experience for me to see my characters coming to life. I’m not at all visual so have no preconceived notion of what they look like. Feels like I’m meeting them for the first time. ... See MoreSee Less

Kyle Mewburn children's writer

2 weeks ago

I must say I don't enjoy the weird limbo period between submitting a story and receiving a response. In the past my strategy has been to simply keep pushing on producing new work as both a distraction AND a defence mechanism, so that when, as so often happens, the story is rejected, I can shrug it off - "OK, so THAT old story might not be wanted, but wait until they see my NEW one!" (Of course the shrugging part only comes after an extended period of stamping my feet and railing at the injustices of the world.)
But this time it's been a bit different.
For one, IF my zombie ponies find a home, I'll likely have to write another episode or two, sooner rather than later. So my brain isn't in the right space to move onto a new project yet. Especially not when most of the projects sitting on my TO DO list are rather substantial.
For another, well, I've reached a point in my career when my ideas just take longer to gestate. After years of rushing headlong from one idea to the next, I've finally learnt the value of patience. Good ideas, complex, meaningful ideas, ORIGINAL ideas, take time.
So I've been investing my energies elsewhere. Building, gardening, socializing and beavering away on a little literary sector project. It's been a fun and rather productive time.
And all the while my myriad stalled picture books continue churning over in the back of my mind.
So yesterday I finally managed to put the final touches on a new story. Or, more precisely, an old story that I realized I'd been approaching from the completely WRONG direction.
Luckily my agent loves it, so it's being sent off into the world to search for a home.
It's another iron in the fire. And that's reason enough to celebrate.
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Kyle Mewburn children's writer

3 weeks ago

Just saw the first character sketches for my first stand-alone novel in 8 years. How exciting! The story is called "The very annoying ghost" and will be published by OneTree House later this year. I'm recording an excerpt later this week which you can see, along with lots of others excerpts from their stellar line-up of new releases, at the OneTree House celebration - AK Writer's & Reader's Festiival. ... See MoreSee Less

Kyle Mewburn children's writer

3 weeks ago

In case anyone was wondering, yes, I am available for school visits. I also have a newly-developed diversity talk for Yr6+ that needs to be taken for a spin. If anyone's interested in a visit, contact me directly or you can book via the Book Council.
Happy miserable Sunday! ... See MoreSee Less

Kyle Mewburn children's writer

3 weeks ago

The online writing competition a group of us began quite a few years ago continues to grow and evolve each year. If you know any keen young writers, you might want to check it out. ... See MoreSee Less

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