Craig Poile

Craig Poile is a Canadian poet, who won the Archibald Lampman Award in 2010 for his collection True Concessions.[1] He was also a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 1999 for his debut collection First Crack,[1] and for an Ottawa Book Award in 2010 for True Concessions.[2]

Originally from New Brunswick, he studied journalism and English literature at Carleton University.[2]

Poile's poetry has appeared in The New Quarterly,[1] Malahat Review,[1] The Fiddlehead,[2] Literary Review of Canada,[2] Arc,[1] Best Canadian Poetry[1] and Seminal: The Anthology of Canada's Gay Male Poets.[3] He was the co-owner of Collected Works, an independent bookstore in Ottawa which closed in 2012.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Craig Poile winner of 2010 Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry". Arc Poetry, October 30, 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Craig Poile’s True Concessions nominated for an Ottawa Book Award". Open Book Toronto, September 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Seminal achievement includes local writers". Xtra Ottawa, April 5, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Local bookstore hoping to be saved by Christmas miracle". CBC News, December 9, 2012.