# Craig Poile

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{{short description|Canadian poet}}
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|occupation=Poet
|nationality=Canadian
|awards=[Archibald Lampman Award](/source/Archibald_Lampman_Award) (2010)
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'''Craig Poile''' (born 20th century) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) poet, who won the [Archibald Lampman Award](/source/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](/source/Gerald_Lampert_Award) in 1999 for his debut collection ''First Crack'',<ref name=arc /> and for an [Ottawa Book Award](/source/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](/source/New_Brunswick), he studied journalism and English literature at [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University).<ref name=openbook />

Poile's poetry has appeared in ''[The New Quarterly](/source/The_New_Quarterly)'',<ref name=arc /> ''[Malahat Review](/source/Malahat_Review)'',<ref name=arc /> ''[The Fiddlehead](/source/The_Fiddlehead)'',<ref name=openbook /> ''[Literary Review of Canada](/source/Literary_Review_of_Canada)'',<ref name=openbook /> ''[Arc](/source/Arc_Poetry_Magazine)'',<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](/source/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](/source/CBC_News), December 9, 2012.</ref>

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