Come meet the Author of the Great Catsby, a playful parody based on the Great Gatsby.

The story pokes fun at love foiled and ambitions foisted within the mad, uncertain world of cats in 1920s Mew York.

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Date: October 3rd, 2026

Time: 11am - 2pm

Location: Coles

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Rod Carley is the award-winning author of RUFF (2024 national bestseller), GRIN REAPING (2022), KINMOUNT (2020), and A Matter of Will (2017). He’s been long listed for the Leacock Medal for Humour three times and has twice received the Silver Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards in addition to the Bronze Medal for Humour from Foreword Review INDIES.

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He was a Finalist for 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor, the 2021 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Prize, the 2023 ReLit Award for Best Short Fiction, and the Northern Lit Award for Fiction. His short stories and creative non-fiction have appeared in numerous Canadian literary magazines.

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In the spring of 2025, he was Writer in Residence for the Toronto Reference Library. He is a co-founder and curator for the St. Lawrence Writers Festival in Brockville, ON. Rod is a proud alumnus of the Humber School for Writers.

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