Michael Poole

Michael Poole

Michael "Mike" Poole (b. 1936, d. July 13, 2010) was an award-winning Canadian film maker and author. He began his career as a copy runner for the Vancouver Sun before becoming a reporter. He earned a journalism degree in Virginia, USA, started in the film business in the 1960s and went on to be a television producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for ten years. He then worked as a freelance filmmaker, spending two decades producing documentaries with the well-known Canadian environmentalist, David Suzuki. His books are Romancing Mary Jane: A Year in the Life of a Failed Marijuana Grower, Ragged Islands: A Journey by Canoe Through the Inside Passage and Rain Before Morning, a novel about Canadian draft dodgers during World War I. In his retirement Poole lived full-time on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada with his wife Carole and his two beloved Labradors. He won the Edna Staebler Award, a Canadian literary award for creative nonfiction, in 1999 for Romancing Mary Jane: A Year in the Life of a Failed Marijuana Grower.[1] He died at age 74 from the effects of prostate cancer.

References

  • Poole, Michael (2006). Rain Before Morning. Harbour Publishing. ISBN 9781550174120. 
  • Francis, Daniel, ed (2000). The Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Harbour Publishing. ISBN 9781550172003. 
  1. ^ "Previous Winners: 1999: Michael Poole". Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Wilfrid Laurier University. https://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2529&p=11314. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 



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