(AGENPARL) – Mer 11 Novembre 2026 City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release
November 10, 2026
Kate Cayley wins 2026 Toronto Book Award for Property
The City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library are pleased to announce that Kate Cayley has been awarded the 2026 Toronto Book Award for Property, published by Coach House Books. The award was presented this evening at the Toronto Reference Library.
Set over the course of a single spring day in a gentrifying neighbourhood, Property follows a cast of interconnected residents as they navigate family tensions, friendship, class and belonging in an increasingly stretched city. As their lives gradually converge, seemingly inconsequential encounters build toward a tragedy that leaves the West End neighbourhood forever changed.
The 2026 Toronto Book Award jury described Property as “a novel of dazzling interiority” that skillfully explores the anxieties, desires and obsessions of four families living on a single Toronto street, praising the author’s ability to evoke life in Toronto through her thoughtful exploration of contemporary concerns.
Property was selected from a shortlist that included:
– Cherry Beach by Don Gillmor (Biblioasis)
– Fatal Confession: A Girl’s Murder, a Man’s Execution, and the Fitton Case by Carolyn Strange (UBC Press)
– Good Guys by Sharon Bala (McClelland & Stewart)
– You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh (Tundra Books)
The Toronto Book Awards celebrate authors whose works capture the spirit, history, people and places of Toronto. Cayley will receive a $20,000 prize, while the remaining shortlisted authors will each receive $2,000.
About the Toronto Book Awards
