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Kate Cayley | |
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| Occupations | Playwright, short story writer, poet, novelist, theatre director |
| Writing career | |
| Notable works | How You Were Born, The Hangman in the Mirror, After Akhmatova |
| Website | katecayley |
Kate Cayley is a Canadian writer and theatre director. She was the artistic director of Stranger Theatre[1] and was playwright-in-residence at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre from 2009 to 2017.[2]
As a playwright, her plays have included The Yellow Wallpaper Project,[3] The Hanging of Françoise Laurent,[4] The Clown of God,[5] And What Alice Found There,[6] The Counterfeit Marquise,[5] After Akhmatova[7] and The Bakelite Masterpiece.[1]
Awards
[edit]She won the Geoffrey Bilson Award in 2012 for her young adult novel The Hangman in the Mirror[8] and the Trillium Book Award in 2015 for her short story collection How You Were Born.[9] In 2021, she won the Mitchell Prize for Faith and Poetry.[10]
She was shortlisted for a ReLit Award in 2014 for her poetry collection How This World Comes to an End,[11] and for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2015 Governor General's Awards for How You Were Born.[12]
Her debut novel, Property, was shortlisted for the 2026 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.[13]
Works
[edit]Plays
[edit]- The Yellow Wallpaper Project (adapted from "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman)[14]
- The Clown of God[5]
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon (based on the fairy tale "East of the Sun and West of the Moon")[15]
- The Counterfeit Marquise (adapted from "The Counterfeit Marquise" by Charles Perrault)[5]
- And What Alice Found There (based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, and other writings by Lewis Carroll)[16]
- The World Turned Upside Down (adapted from the writings of Gerrard Winstanley and The World Turned Upside Down by Christopher Hill)[17]
- The Hanging of Françoise Laurent (based on "Marrying the Hangman" by Margaret Atwood)[4]
- The Bakelite Masterpiece[18]
- After Akhmatova[19]
- This is Nowhere[20]
- The Archive of Missing Things[21]
Poetry
[edit]Short stories
[edit]- Householders (Biblioasis 2021; OCLC 1240576635)
- How You Were Born (Pedlar Press 2014; OCLC 879529181)
Novels
[edit]- The Hangman in the Mirror (Annick Press 2011; OCLC 709668217)
- Property (Coach House Books 2025; OCLC 1499532974)
References
[edit]- 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.
- ↑ McCann-Armitage, Zachary (2018-08-26). "'Superstitious about Self-Definition': A Q&A with Kate Cayley". White Wall Review. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ Caldwell, Rebecca (2002-11-23). "The writhing on the wall". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- 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.
- 1 2 3 4 Kaplan, Jon (2004-02-04). "Potent puppets". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ Kaplan, Jon (2007-02-01). "Alice analyzed". NOW.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Jinje, Safa (2012-11-22). "Winners of the 2012 Canadian Children's Literature Awards". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ Dundas, Deborah (2015-06-17). "Kate Cayley wins 2015 Trillium Book Award". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ Qiao, Vicky (September 16, 2021). "Toronto poet Kate Cayley wins $20K Mitchell Prize for Faith and Poetry". CBC Books.
- ↑ "ReLit Awards: Poetry". Canadian Books & Authors. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ Medley, Mark (2015-10-07). "Governor-General's Literary Awards announces finalists". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Yellow Wallpaper Project by Stranger Theatre". Artword Theatre. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ "East of the Sun Gallery 2003". Friends of Dufferin Grove Park. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ "And What Alice Found There". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ "Cooking Fire Theatre Festival 2005". Friends of Dufferin Grove Park. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ "The Bakelite Masterpiece". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ "After Akhmatova". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ Arsenault, Tim (2018-09-26). "Halifax's interactive play: bring your Fitbit and your phone". The Chronicle Herald.
- ↑ "The Archive of Missing Things". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
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- 21st-century Canadian poets
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
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- Canadian writers of young adult literature
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