Loredana Cunti
Children’s Author • Speaker • Storyteller
Who is Loredana
Loredana Cunti is a Toronto-based children’s author and speaker building confidence in kids and inspiring adults to rediscover their kidinside and reinvent with courage.
In her 50s but self-proclaimed as nine on the inside, she writes about burping astronauts, dancing flamingos, and karate-chopping kakapos. Her stories are rooted in real life — raising two teenagers, caring for her SuperMa, and navigating the sandwich generation.
A first-generation Italian Canadian, heritage and reinvention shape her work. From school visits to cultural projects like Neapolitan Ice Cream, and even earning her pastry chef diploma in midlife, (though she admits she eats more than she bakes) she embodies the belief that confidence can be built and reinvention is possible at any age.
Speaking Engagements
Bring award-winning children’s author and speaker Loredana Cunti to your school or event—live or virtual!
With warmth, humour, and dynamic storytelling, Loredana takes kids behind the scenes of writing picture books, exploring creativity, rejection, and resilience. Her interactive sessions, inspired by books like Karate Kakapo and How Gogo Found Her Groove, highlight themes of identity, growth mindset, and belonging.
Students are empowered to take chances, embrace who they are, and GO! for their goals. Perfect for elementary schools, libraries, and community events, Loredana’s visits are curriculum-connected, highly engaging, and truly unforgettable.
Children's Books
Loredana Cunti is a children’s author who writes with heart, humour, and a healthy dose of imagination. Her stories blend fun facts with big feelings—helping kids build resilience, optimism, and self-belief.
From burping in space to dancing flamingos and karate-chopping kakapos, her books feature quirky, relatable characters who navigate real-life challenges with courage and creativity:
• To Burp or Not to Burp & Go For Lift Off were inspired by her kids’ dreams of space.
•Karate Kakapo draws from her daughter’s struggle to find confidence in sport.
•How Gogo Found Her Groove follows a flamboyant flamingo who doesn’t quite fit in.
•The Reindeer Café Cookbook mixes holiday fun with healthy habits.
At the core of every book? The power to try something new & being yourself.
Professional Biography
Loredana Cunti is an author, producer, and cultural storyteller whose career bridges international film and television, children’s literature, and musical theatre. Her work centres on resilience, multicultural identity, and the power of reinvention.
After earning a BAA in Radio and Television Arts from Toronto Metropolitan University, she began as a multicultural radio DJ before entering the global entertainment industry. Loredana served as Head of Foreign Film Sales at Malofilm and later launched children’s divisions at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Studios, producing animated series including Maisy Mouse, Sitting Ducks, and Pink Panther and Pals. She was named one of Animation Magazine’s Top 25 Women in Animation, and her work during this period was featured in international media including The Wall Street Journal.
In 2002, she founded Loreworks Ltd., developing original intellectual property and consulting internationally for studios and production companies including Universal Studios, Weta Workshop, MGM Studios, Fremantle Media, ABC Australia, and Atlantyca Entertainment (Italy). She has served on the Toronto International Film Festival Industry Advisory Board and as a panelist and juror at international festivals and conferences including Giffoni Film Festival, Cartoons on the Bay, Kidscreen, and TIFF. She has also acted as a mentor for the Ontario Media Development Agency and the Singapore Media Development Authority.
Today, Loredana brings that global experience to her work as a children’s author and speaker, building confidence in kids and inspiring adults to rediscover their kidinside and reinvent with courage. Loredana’s books have received a Junior Library Guild Selection, multiple Forest of Reading nominations, recognition from the Reuben Awards of the National Cartoonists Society, and selection as a TD Summer Reading Club pick.
Now publishing under her own imprint, Loreworks Press, her children’s cookbook The Reindeer Café Cookbook won a 2025 World Cookbook Award and supports StepStones for Youth. Her latest picture book How Gogo Found Her Groove has been adopted into every elementary school in the Toronto Catholic District School Board. She collaborates with organizations including Girl Guides of Canada, Women in STEM initiatives, OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), and StepStones for Youth, leading workshops that connect storytelling and creativity with confidence-building.
A certified pastry chef from Le Cordon Bleu Paris and a first-generation Italian Canadian, Loredana curates cultural programming that celebrates heritage and belonging. She is currently developing Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical, a jukebox musical featuring iconic Italian and Neapolitan songs as her love letter to the immigrant experience and a bridge to the next generation.
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