Cody Caetano

Cody Caetano is a Canadian writer from Toronto, Ontario,[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/full-episode-june-4-2022-1.6475362/cody-caetano-s-memoir-explores-a-tangled-family-history-1.6475453 "Cody Caetano's memoir explores a tangled family history"]. The Next Chapter, June 3, 2022. whose debut memoir Half-Bads in White Regalia was the winner of the Indigenous Voices Award for English prose in 2023.Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/cody-caetano-emily-riddle-matthew-james-weigel-among-2023-ivas-recipients/ "Cody Caetano, Emily Riddle, Matthew James Weigel among 2023 IVAs recipients"]. Quill & Quire, June 21, 2023.

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.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/half-bads-in-white-regalia-by-cody-caetano-1.6476296 "Half-Bads in White Regalia by Cody Caetano"]. CBC Books, June 3, 2022. 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.

Prior to its publication, excerpts from the manuscript won the Indigenous Voices Award for unpublished English prose in 2020.[http://open-book.ca/News/Winners-Announced-for-2020-Indigenous-Voices-Awards "Winners Announced for 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards"]. Open Book, June 22, 2020. The book was published in 2022 by Penguin Random House Canada. It was named as one of the best Canadian non-fiction books of the year by CBC Books,[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-best-canadian-nonfiction-of-2022-1.6681565 "The best Canadian nonfiction of 2022"]. CBC Books, December 13, 2022. and The Globe and Mail,"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. was named to the initial longlist for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads[https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/15-books-make-canada-reads-2023-longlist-1.6707758 "15 books make Canada Reads 2023 longlist"]. CBC Books, January 12, 2023. and the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour,Bob Armstrong, "Leacock prize finalists bring laughs aplenty". Winnipeg Free Press, July 8, 2023. and was a finalist for the 2023 Edna Staebler Award.[https://quillandquire.com/omni/edna-staebler-award-for-creative-non-fiction-2023-shortlist-announced/ "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction 2023 shortlist announced"]. Quill & Quire, February 2, 2024.

In 2023 he served as writer-in-residence for the Whistler Writers Festival.David Song, [https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-arts/cody-caetano-named-writer-in-residence-for-2023-whistler-writers-festival-7426548 "Cody Caetano named Writer in Residence for 2023 Whistler Writers’ Festival"]. Pique Newsmagazine, August 18, 2023.