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Canadian poet
Craig Poile
OccupationPoet
NationalityCanadian
Notable awardsArchibald Lampman Award (2010)

Craig Poile (born 20th century) is a Canadian poet, who won the Archibald Lampman Award in 2010 for his collection True Concessions. He was also a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 1999 for his debut collection First Crack, and for an Ottawa Book Award in 2010 for True Concessions.

Originally from New Brunswick, he studied journalism and English literature at Carleton University.

Poile's poetry has appeared in The New Quarterly, Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, Literary Review of Canada, Arc, Best Canadian Poetry and Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets. He was the co-owner of Collected Works, an independent bookstore in Ottawa which closed in 2012.

References

  1. ^ "Craig Poile winner of 2010 Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry". Arc Poetry, October 30, 2010.
  2. ^ "Craig Poileโ€™s True Concessions nominated for an Ottawa Book Award" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. Open Book Toronto, September 30, 2010.
  3. "Seminal achievement includes local writers" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. Xtra Ottawa, April 5, 2007.
  4. "Local bookstore hoping to be saved by Christmas miracle". CBC News, December 9, 2012.


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