About Lesley-Anne
Lesley-Anne Evans is an Irish-Canadian poet. She lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, where she writes and hosts the Feeny Wood woodland retreat.
In 2025, Lesley-Anne received an MA in Poetry from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast, fulfilling a dream to return to Belfast, the city of her birth.
Lesley-Anne’s work appears in Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee Lit Mag., The Honest Ulsterman, The Waxed Lemon, EVENT Magazine, Image Journal, The Antigonish Review, and Contemporary Verse 2, among other literary publications.
Her photographs have been featured in Geez, Barren Magazine, The Apiary, The Gorgon, and National Geographic’s Daily Dozen.
About Mute Swan
Mute Swan, Poems for Maria Queen of the World, is Lesley-Anne’s debut poetry collection, published by The St. Thomas Poetry Series, in 2021.
Learn more about the collection, reviews, endorsements, and how to acquire your copy here. To experience the poetry, the video below includes readings by the author.
Mute Swan promotional video, filmed at Feeny Wood, B.C., by the brilliant Olivia Seneshen.
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Susan McCaslin, Poet, Writer, Educator
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