The award-winning writer Lori Hahnel discusses her new novel Flicker (University of Calgary Press, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

Flicker by Lori Hahnel (University of Calgary Press, 2023). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Flicker

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca. Flicker is the 33^rd title in the Brave and Brilliant Series published by University of Calgary Press. It’s a novel by the award-winning author Lori Hahnel, whose central character Cass is endowed with psychic abilities. There’s also an element of time travel, and I ask Ms. Hahnel about the supernatural, and why people believe in it, and buy into it instead of science. New technologies or innovations also play a part, not to mention Calgary, where Lori lives and where she joined me from just over a month ago. The book depicts female characters in the present, as well as in the past. And I’ll ask Lori about the challenges women face then as now, and what she can do about that in fiction. Two of Lori Hahnel’s previous books include Love Minus Zero, and Vermin. Visit www.lorihahnel.ca for more. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Lori Hahnel; Ms. Hahnel, good morning.

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