Cody Caetano

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Cody Caetano is a Canadian writer from Toronto, Ontario, [1] whose debut memoir Half-Bads in White Regalia was the winner of the Indigenous Voices Award for English prose in 2023. [2]

Caetano, of mixed Portuguese and Anishinaabe descent, studied creative writing at the University of Toronto, where he wrote the book under the mentorship of Lee Maracle. [3] The book is a memoir of his tumultuous childhood as the son of a Portuguese immigrant father and an indigenous mother from the Pinaymootang First Nation who was a survivor of the Sixties Scoop, after they moved to the hamlet of Happyland in Severn, Ontario, near Orillia. [3]

Prior to its publication, excerpts from the manuscript won the Indigenous Voices Award for unpublished English prose in 2020. [4] The book was published in 2022 by Penguin Random House Canada. [3] It was named as one of the best Canadian non-fiction books of the year by CBC Books, [5] and The Globe and Mail , [6] was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads [7] and the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, [8] and was a finalist for the 2023 Edna Staebler Award. [9]

In 2023 he served as writer-in-residence for the Whistler Writers Festival. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cody Caetano's memoir explores a tangled family history". The Next Chapter , June 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Cody Caetano, Emily Riddle, Matthew James Weigel among 2023 IVAs recipients". Quill & Quire , June 21, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Half-Bads in White Regalia by Cody Caetano". CBC Books, June 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Winners Announced for 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards". Open Book, June 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ "The best Canadian nonfiction of 2022". CBC Books, December 13, 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Globe 100: The best books of 2022: From fiction to thrillers to graphic novels and biographies, these are the year’s must-read titles". The Globe and Mail , December 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ "15 books make Canada Reads 2023 longlist". CBC Books, January 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ Bob Armstrong, "Leacock prize finalists bring laughs aplenty". Winnipeg Free Press , July 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction 2023 shortlist announced". Quill & Quire , February 2, 2024.
  10. ↑ David Song, "Cody Caetano named Writer in Residence for 2023 Whistler Writers’ Festival". Pique Newsmagazine , August 18, 2023.


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