Event Speaker: Laura Bontje

Laura Bontje is a freelance editor whose clients include award-winning authors, Big 5 publishers, authors just beginning their writing journeys. When she’s not editing other people’s children’s books, Laura writes her own. Her third picture book, Marian’s Big Dig, comes out on October 6 from Groundwood Books, with illustrations by Scot Ritchie. Laura spent two years as managing editor of Editors Canada’s national blog, The Editors’ Weekly, and was the recipient of the 2025 Lee d’Anjou Volunteer of the Year Award. She lives in London, Ontario.