Unlock the Art of Writing with Barbara Flaherty

Barbara Flaherty is a poet, writer, and editor with over two decades of experience in the literary world. Her own work spans nonfiction, academic writing, poetry, essays, and short stories. She is currently working on her first novel. She has published poetry and essays in journals and anthologies, two books, Holy Madness (Chanting Press) and Doing It Another Way (Chanting Press); has taught university graduate level writing classes and her own workshops on creativity and art as meditation. She is currently the editor of Manifestations: an International Art & Literary Journal Writing Across the Spiritual Traditions. Her passion for teaching and mentoring aspiring writers is evident in her engaging and insightful classes. Barbara’s background includes work as an interfaith chaplain, and dual-diagnosis counselor. She finds the spiritual and psychological aspects of creating art and writing are powerful healing and balancing experiences.