Kate Cayley

Kate Cayley
Born
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationsPlaywright, short story writer, poet, novelist, theatre director
Writing career
Notable worksHow You Were Born, The Hangman in the Mirror, After Akhmatova
Websitekatecayley.ca

Kate Cayley is a Canadian writer and theatre director. She was the artistic director of Stranger Theatre and was playwright-in-residence at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre from 2009 to 2017.

As a playwright, her plays have included The Yellow Wallpaper Project, The Hanging of Françoise Laurent, The Clown of God, And What Alice Found There, The Counterfeit Marquise, After Akhmatova and The Bakelite Masterpiece.

Awards

She won the Geoffrey Bilson Award in 2012 for her young adult novel The Hangman in the Mirror and the Trillium Book Award in 2015 for her short story collection How You Were Born. In 2021, she won the Mitchell Prize for Faith and Poetry.

She was shortlisted for a ReLit Award in 2014 for her poetry collection How This World Comes to an End, and for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for How You Were Born.

Her debut novel, Property, was shortlisted for the 2026 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

Works

Plays

Poetry

Short stories

Novels

References

  1. 1 2 Peterson, Tyler (2014-09-29). "Geordie Johnson and Irene Poole to Star in Tarragon' THE BAKELITE MASTERPIECE". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  2. ↑ McCann-Armitage, Zachary (2018-08-26). "'Superstitious about Self-Definition': A Q&A with Kate Cayley". White Wall Review. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  3. ↑ Caldwell, Rebecca (2002-11-23). "The writhing on the wall". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  4. 1 2 Rainford, Lisa (2010-08-03). "Atwood poem inspires stage production". Toronto.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Kaplan, Jon (2004-02-04). "Potent puppets". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  6. ↑ Kaplan, Jon (2007-02-01). "Alice analyzed". NOW.
  7. ↑ Morrow, Martin (2011-03-31). "After Akhmatova: Almost as dark and dour as a day in the gulag". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  8. ↑ Jinje, Safa (2012-11-22). "Winners of the 2012 Canadian Children's Literature Awards". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  9. ↑ Dundas, Deborah (2015-06-17). "Kate Cayley wins 2015 Trillium Book Award". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  10. ↑ Qiao, Vicky (September 16, 2021). "Toronto poet Kate Cayley wins $20K Mitchell Prize for Faith and Poetry". CBC Books.
  11. ↑ "ReLit Awards: Poetry". Canadian Books & Authors. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  12. ↑ Medley, Mark (2015-10-07). "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  13. ↑ Drudi, Cassandra (2026-05-06). "Kate Cayley, Antonio Michael Downing, Maria Reva among finalists for Amazon Canada First Novel Award". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  14. ↑ "Yellow Wallpaper Project by Stranger Theatre". Artword Theatre. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  15. ↑ "East of the Sun Gallery 2003". Friends of Dufferin Grove Park. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  16. ↑ "And What Alice Found There". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  17. ↑ "Cooking Fire Theatre Festival 2005". Friends of Dufferin Grove Park. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  18. ↑ "The Bakelite Masterpiece". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  19. ↑ "After Akhmatova". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  20. ↑ Arsenault, Tim (2018-09-26). "Halifax's interactive play: bring your Fitbit and your phone". The Chronicle Herald.
  21. ↑ "The Archive of Missing Things". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.