Are you an author from Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, Windsor, Kingston, or another city in Ontario?

Do you need a book publisher? Here are 17 book publishing companies you should know about.

If you’re looking for someone to edit your manuscript, continue reading.

Below you’ll find 17 top book editors in Ontario.

 

1. Sigrid Macdonald

Sigrid Macdonald is a freelance book editor based out of Ottawa, Ontario, and is the founder of Book Magic, an editing service. Regardless of what genre you write, Sigrid can help edit everything from fiction to nonfiction. She has worked on projects like “The Porter’s Wife" by Lisa Brown, “Max and Voltaire" by Mina Mauerstein-Bail, and “The Spirit Path" by Tammy Tate.

Services that she offers includes copyediting, proofreading, content Canadianization, manuscript evaluations, research and fact-checking, stylistic editing, substantive editing, and developmental editing. For more information you can review her editing service rates on her website. She is happy to provide a free editing sample of the first 400 words of your manuscript. If you’re interested in working with Sigrid, the best way to reach her is either via email or through her website’s online contact form.

 

2. Claudia Forgas

Claudia Forgas is a freelance book editor and founder of Claudia Forgas Editorial Services, which is based out of Toronto, Ontario. Claudia has over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, having worked with companies like Pearson Education, Penguin, and the Ontario Ministry of Education. Projects that she’s worked on include “The Uses and Abuses of History" by Margaret MacMillan, “There’s Lead in Your Lipstick" by Gillian Deacon, and “Homelessness: How to End the National Crisis" by Jack Layton.

Services that Claudia offers includes copyediting, proofreading, stylistic editing, and editorial project management. If you’re interested in working with Claudia, you can reach her via email to request a free project quote. Be sure to indicate the genre of your book, it’s approximate word count, and an estimated turnaround expectation so that she can provide you with an accurate quote. In the meantime, you can also review some of her project samples to get a better sense of her editing style.

3. Joanne Haskins

Based out of Toronto, Ontario, Joanne Haskins is a freelance book editor with over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. As the founder of Think Communications, a professional writing, editing, and design service, Joanne has worked on both fiction and nonfiction projects like “Blip" by Amy Sharman, “Love Ledgers: Confessions of a Plain Jane Accountant" by Connie Lukey, and “1-2-3 Launch It" by Angela Goodhart.

Services that Joanne offers includes project editing, structural editing, stylistic editing, copyediting, production editing, and proofreading. For more information, you can review her comprehensive list of services. If you’d like to work with Joanne on your book, you can request a free quote through her website’s online contact form.

 

4. Heather Camlot

Heather Camlot is a freelance editor based out of Toronto, Ontario who has a combined 15 years of experience as both in-house and freelance. As a fellow author of “Clutch" and “The Boys of Summer," Heather knows exactly what it takes to make sure your manuscript is error-free and ready for submission.

Editing services that she offers includes substantive editing, translation (French to English), copyediting, proofreading, research and fact-checking, and more! If you’re interested in working with Heather on your manuscript, you can reach her either via email or through her website’s online contact form.

 

5. Dr. Tom Moss Gamblin

Tom Moss Gamblin holds a PhD in math and specializes in editing academic texts like textbooks, thesis, dissertations, and journal articles. He has prior experience copyediting high school, college, and university textbooks. Having trained at Cambridge University Press, Tom has worked with clients like McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson Education Canada, and the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training.

Services that Tom offers includes copyediting, proofreading, structural editing, stylistic editing, and on-screen editing. For more information, you can review his detailed work resumé. If you have an academic text project and believe that Tom would be a great collaborative partner, the best way to reach out to him is via email. Be sure to request a free quote and for more information should you have any questions.

 

6. Lori-Ann Livingston

Based out of Kitchener, Ontario, Lori-Anne Livingston is a freelance book editor and founder of Wordie, a professional editing service. With over 8 years of experience as a journalist, and with more than 11 years in the communications sector, Lori-Anne offers editing and revision, proofreading, plain language content editing, and writing services.

No project is too big or too small. If you’re interested in working with Lori-Anne, the best way to reach her is either via email or through her website’s online contact form. Be sure to indicate the genre of your manuscript, it’s approximate length in words, and an expected turnaround date. Lori-Ann should get back to you promptly with a free project quote!

 

7. Sylvia McConnell

Sylvia McConnell is a freelance book editor with over 25 years of editing experience. Based out of Toronto, Ontario, Sylvia specializes in adult and children’s fiction. She is especially well-versed with mystery and crime fiction products, but is always open to editing other genres for varying audiences. Sylvia has worked on projects like “Put on the Armour of Light" by Catherine Macdonald, “The Truths I learned from Sam" by Kristin Butcher, and “Old Man" by David Poulsen.

Services that she offers includes copyediting, proofreading, rewriting, substantive editing, stylistic editing, content Canadianization, and bilingual editing (French and English). If you’re interested in enlisting Sylvia’s editing services, the best way to reach her is either via email or through her website’s online contact form. You can request a free quote and Sylvia should return to you shortly.

 

8. Freya Godard

Freya Godard is a Certified Professional Editor with over 30 years of experience. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Freya is also the founder of Godard Communications, an editing service. Working primarily on academic texts, Freya has worked with clients Oxford University Press, the C.D. Howe Institute, and several Ontario ministries and government agencies. She especially loves to work on projects about homeopathy, sailing, riding, gardening, singing choral music, opera, and ballet.

Services that she offers includes proofreading, copyediting, stylistic editing, structural editing, rewriting, writing, and manuscript formatting and design. Since all projects vary in subject matter and length, it’s highly recommended that you reach out to Freya and request a free project quote. You can do so by sending her an email.

 

9. Susan Hughes

Susan Hughes is a freelance editor who specializes in children’s books. Based out of Toronto, Ontario, Susan is capable of working on fiction and nonfiction projects geared toward younger audiences. As a children’s author herself, Susan knows exactly what it takes to make a manuscript stand out from the rest of the competition. Some of her previous clients include major companies like McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Ontario Science Center, Red Rocket Readers, and Scholastic.

Susan offers manuscript critiques, beta reading services, story coaching, developmental editing, rewriting, substantive editing, stylistic editing, and more. If you have a children’s story that you would like editing assistance with, you can contact Susan via email or through her website’s online contact form.

 

10. Dr. Sara Promislow

Dr. Sara Promislow is a freelance academic editor based out of Toronto, Ontario, with over 16 years of editing experience. Having earned her PhD from the University of Toronto, Sara is familiar with meeting all types of style guides (including Chicago, APA, MLA, Vancouver, and Harvard).

She offers extensive editing services like copyediting, stylistic editing, and substantive editing for your manuscript polishing needs. Since all projects differ in subject matter, require different levels of editing attention, and vary in length, it’s strongly advised that you contact Sara directly to request a project quote. You can get in touch via email or through her website’s online contact form.

 

11. Jennifer Dawn Foster

Jennifer Dawn Foster is a freelance book editor and founder of Life on Planet Word, an editing service based out of Toronto. She has a great deal of experience working on fiction and nonfiction projects for both younger readers and adult audiences. With over 20 years of experience in the editing field, Jennifer has worked with clients like The Globe and Mail, the Art Gallery of Ontario, House of Anansi Press, and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Services that she offers includes content Canadianization, manuscript evaluations, copyediting, developmental editing, plain language, proofreading, research and fact-checking, rewriting, substantive editing, stylistic editing, and writing. If you’re interested in working with Jennifer, you can reach her either via email or through her website’s online contact form to request a free project quote. Jennifer should respond to you shortly!

 

12. Kristy Lynn Hankewitz

Kristy Lynn Hankewitz is a freelance book editor who specializes in nonfiction and academic projects, especially those about the humanities and social sciences. She loves to work with both established writers and independent authors. Based out of Toronto, Kristy has worked on projects like the Niorstigningar Saga by Dario Bullitta, and “The 32 Rules of Fantasy Football" by Michael Muss.

Her editing services include copyediting, proofreading, line editing, and indexing. She is more than happy to provide you with a free project quote. All you have to do is reach out to her either via email or through her website’s online contact form. She aims to respond to all queries within two business days. If you haven’t heard back from her by then, Kristy encourages you to reach out again in case your email has gotten lost.

 

13. Julie Stauffer

Based out of Guelph, Ontario, Julie Stauffer is a freelance editor and founder of Cadmium Red Communications. Specializing more technical and academic texts, Julie herself has a background in science and is particularly strong in fields concerning health, sustainability, agriculture and engineering.

She offers copyediting, plain language editing, proofreading, substantive editing, and content condensing for her clients. You’re strongly encouraged to contact Julie via email to request a free project quote. Be sure to include the title of your book, a short summary of its contents, an approximate word length, and the type of editing service you’d like to request. Julie should contact you shortly to discuss your editing needs in more detail.

 

14. Sherry Himnan

Operating out of Whitby, Ontario, Sherry Himnan is a freelance book editor, writer, and professor. As a Certified Professional Editor (CPE), Sherry is also the founder of The Write Angle, an editing service. Whether you’re working on a fiction or nonfiction project, Sherry is more than happy to help spruce up your manuscript prior to submission.

She offers copyediting, developmental editing, plain language editing, research and fact-checking, substantive editing, stylistic editing, translation (from French to English), and writing services. If you’re interested in working with Sherry, you can reach her via email to request a free quote and request a sample edit.

 

15. Kristine Thornley

Kristine Thornley is a freelance book editor who specializes in medical and scientific editing projects. Based out of Toronto, Kristine holds a BA in Neuroscience and Biology from the University of Toronto and holds an MA in Health Communications from Boston University. She currently instructs at both Queens University and George Brown College.

Services that she offers includes general nonfiction copyediting, medical copyediting, proofreading, and even guest instructing. If you’re interested in learning more about Kristine’s editing services, or would like to request a project quote, you can contact her either via email or through her website’s online contact form.

 

16. Marcel Chiera

Marcel Chiera is a freelance book editor based out of Guelph, Ontario, who has worked on a wide range of fiction and nonfiction projects. He has worked with clients like TMX The Montréal Exchange, Ivey Publishing, Canadian red Cross, Nelson Thomson Learning, and Wilfrid Laurier University.

With over 20 years of experience in the editing field, Marcel offers proofreading and copyediting services to both established and first-time authors. The best way to get in touch is through his website’s online contact form. Be sure to provide your contact information, a bit of information about your project, and any questions you may have so that Marcel can get back to you promptly.

 

17. Michelle Parker

Based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Michelle Parker is a freelance book editor who works on both fiction and nonfiction projects. She’s always interested in working on projects that feature underrepresented voices, such as characters of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, disabled characters, and more. She also loves to work with genre fiction like science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, erotica, and young adult.

Services that she offers includes copyediting, developmental editing, editing translations (from French to English), proofreading, substantive editing, and content Canadianization. For more information concerning her service rates, you can find out more here. If you think Michelle would be a good fit as your editor, you can contact her via email to request a free project quote and ask any questions that you may have. Alternatively, you can send her a query through her website’s online submissions form. Be sure to indicate your contact information, your project’s title, list your approximate word count, the type of service your interested in, and any additional information you think will be helpful to her.

Do you know of any book editors in Ontario? Please tell us more in the comments box below!

 

K. Z. Kwan is a freelance writer based out of Halifax, Canada.

 

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