Craig Poile

{{short description|Canadian poet}} {{infobox writer |name=Craig Poile |occupation=Poet |nationality=Canadian |awards=Archibald 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''.<ref name="arc">{{Cite web |title=Craig Poile winner of 2010 Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry - ARC Poetry |url=http://www.arcpoetry.ca/2010/10/30/craig-poile-winner-of-2010-archibald-lampman-award-for-poetry/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629080316/http://www.arcpoetry.ca/2010/10/30/craig-poile-winner-of-2010-archibald-lampman-award-for-poetry/ |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2026 |website=www.arcpoetry.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> He was also a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 1999 for his debut collection ''First Crack'',<ref name=arc /> and for an Ottawa Book Award in 2010 for ''True Concessions''.<ref name=openbook>[http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/craig_poile_s_true_concessions_nominated_ottawa_book_award "Craig Poile’s True Concessions nominated for an Ottawa Book Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320074647/http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/craig_poile_s_true_concessions_nominated_ottawa_book_award |date=2012-03-20 }}. ''Open Book Toronto'', September 30, 2010.</ref>

Originally from New Brunswick, he studied journalism and English literature at Carleton University.<ref name=openbook />

Poile's poetry has appeared in ''The New Quarterly'',<ref name=arc /> ''Malahat Review'',<ref name=arc /> ''The Fiddlehead'',<ref name=openbook /> ''Literary Review of Canada'',<ref name=openbook /> ''Arc'',<ref name=arc /> ''Best Canadian Poetry''<ref name=arc /> and ''Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets''.<ref name=xtra>[http://www.xtra.ca/public/Ottawa/Seminal_achievement_includes_local_writers-2852.aspx "Seminal achievement includes local writers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320113653/http://www.xtra.ca/public/Ottawa/Seminal_achievement_includes_local_writers-2852.aspx |date=2012-03-20 }}. ''Xtra Ottawa'', April 5, 2007.</ref> He was the co-owner of Collected Works, an independent bookstore in Ottawa which closed in 2012.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/local-bookstore-hoping-to-be-saved-by-christmas-miracle-1.1130369 "Local bookstore hoping to be saved by Christmas miracle"]. CBC News, December 9, 2012.</ref>

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