Kate Cayley wins the Toronto Book Award for Property
The Coach House Books novel brings the tensions of one Canadian city street into a single spring day.
Kate Cayley has won the 2026 Toronto Book Award for Property, published by Coach House Books. The City and Toronto Public Library announced the result on 10 November, with the presentation taking place at the Toronto Reference Library in Toronto, Canada. Cayley receives C$20,000.
The novel follows four families living on the same West End street over a single spring day. Encounters between neighbours, relationships between parents and children, and class differences build towards a tragedy. The neighbourhood’s property-led transformation is not simply background: it changes how each resident tries to make a home in the city. The award recognises books that convey the life and places of Toronto.