6/30/2023 0 Comments Transcendent by Lesley Livingston![]() In addition to her career as a writer, she spent nearly two decades as a principal performer with Tempest Theatre Group. Raised in Edmonton, Livingston has lived in Toronto for the past 25 years. ![]() She said the tour has given her a chance to connect with readers she would otherwise never be able to meet, adding that the presentations are “usually pretty lively.” Her visit to Stettler was organized in part through the Stettler Public Library. Livingston also visited Didsbury, Red Deer, Ponoka, Wetaskiwin and Camrose during the tour, which concluded on Tuesday. ![]() The visit was part of the Olson Memorial Celebration tour of central Alberta, held every two years, in which authors are invited to make presentations at schools and libraries in the region. Hay Composite High School on Tuesday, Oct. Livingston gave two presentations at the Stettler Performing Arts Centre to Grade 10 and 11 students from William E. The quip was typical of the presentation by Livingston, a Toronto-based author and actress with 11 books to her name. “You might as well make some of them as attractive as possible, because otherwise, why bother?” “You’re going to spend a lot of time with imaginary people in your head,” she said. ![]() Youth and young adult author Lesley Livingston had plenty of advice for budding writers in her presentations in Stettler this week, including the following: it doesn’t hurt to throw some attractive characters into the mix. ![]()
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