Bob Flaherty was born and raised in Boston and its surrounding towns and now lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife Annemarie. They have 3 sons. Bob has, at various times, worked as the morning show radio host at WHMP and DJ at WRSI, reporter and columnist for Northampton’s Daily Hampshire Gazette, been an actor, a director, a cartoonist, a sportscaster, a talk show host, a tour guide, a storyteller, a bus driver for the disabled, a master of ceremonies, a hanger of gutters, a singer of national anthems and a baseball coach.
Bob’s first novel: Puff, was published in 2005 to widespread critical acclaim. Read more about “Puff” here.
Bob is currently hard at work on a new novel while also writing feature articles for the Valley Advocate, Daily Hampshire Gazette, and others. Sign up for email updates to get the latest breaking news directly from the source.
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I live in Florence , Massachusetts. Is there any place that I might meet up with Bob Flaherty to get his autograph on my copy of “Puff”?
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Yeah, I’m just getting back on the bike after an illness. Be glad to meet you in Florence or elsewhere maybe next week?
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Hi, Bob:
I just discovered this. Didn’t know you had your own web site. I’m still very clumsy with cell phones. Have been trying to reach you. I hope you aren’t just shutting me out because of a certain person’s gaslighting. Especially hope you are okay. Please call me. Not good for me to leave my phone number in a public space like this, but will leave it again on your voice mail. Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Enjoyed the Calvin Coolidge article in the Gazette 8-2-23. Remembering Alice Manning’s Gazette columns on Northampton’s history and growth, might you be considering something similar?
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bob, i just finished puff and wanted to thank you. as books about nothing go, it was as satisfying as taking the shit you were holding all weekend after camping. your prose is it’s own; north, south, mr. flaherty, easy, west. i felt every emotion. thank you sir.
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“Puff” was among my favorite books as a teenager–mostly for the humor, the jokes about the Catholic Church (I was also raised Catholic), and the ’70s cultural references.
But now I’m 30, and my mother died about 4 years ago. Only recently have I truly felt like an “adult”, after a lot of personal growth, and going back to read “Puff” with this new perspective…it truly moved me to tears. Thank you for writing it. I’m almost speechless about how much this book impacts me all this time later.
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