Current Writer-in-Residence

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE, 2025-26: Cody caetano

Cody Caetano is a writer from Toronto. His debut, Half-Bads in White Regalia (Hamish Hamilton Canada, 2022), won two Indigenous Voices Awards, made the shortlist for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, and was longlisted for the Toronto Book Award, the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and Canada Reads. Cody works as a literary agent at CookeMcDermid, where he represents emerging and acclaimed writers. Cody is frequently invited to give talks, facilitate workshops, and advise on programming about writing, agenting, and trade publishing across Canada. He's adjudicated the Indigenous Voices Awards, The Fiddlehead's Creative Non-Fiction Contest, and The Ex-Puritan's Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence, and serves on the board of directors for the Toronto International Festival of Authors. He previously served as the Writer in Residence for the Whistler Writers Festival.

Cody will be arriving at the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ in September 2025. If you want to learn more about his work, you can email Jordan Abel (jabel@ualberta.ca) for a complimentary copy of Cody's memoir.

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Email:  ccaetano@ualberta.ca