"Tinkle Little Tootie" Poetry Book Launch with Ethel Meilleur!

Join us at Centre Greene on November 20th at 6:30pm to celebrate Ethel Meilleur and her new collection of poetry Tinkle Little Tootie. Sweet and savoury refreshments will be served. Musical opening act TBA. We are honored to have Ethel launch her collection at the centre. Come one come all to what is sure to be the event of the season!

“Meilleur does not dwell on the darkness, she’s up and running, chasing the laughter
that propels her.”

“Ethel Meilleur is as contemporary, and as original as a poet can be.”-Dorota Kozinska, the Greene Avenue Sun

Ethel Meilleur is from Nova Scotia and moved to Montreal in her teens where she now lives. Over the years she has worked in factories, sales, domestic and customer services. Later in life, Meilleur, a proud mother of 2 children, 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren, returned to complete highschool. She then continued as a student in creative writing at Concordia University. Her work in the Timeless Voices anthology by The International Library of Poets earned Meilleur their nomination as Poet of the Year in 2006. Meilleurs poetry has also appeared in Kola, The Blasted Tree, Jonah, Concordia Write Nights and various other publications. Her previous Sky of Ink chapbook is Funny Girl (2019)"

Praise for Ethel Meillleur's previous chapbook Funny Girl: Ethel Miller's Funny Girl is absolutely a must-read: Lusty in lung and busty in breath, these poems are gusty with gusto" - George Elliott Clark 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate (2016 & 2017)

Ethel Meilleur, age 6

Host or Publisher Esther Wade