About the Highland Park Literary Festival

In 1995, the Highland Park Literary Festival was born from a collaboration between interested parents and the HPHS English Department. For a dozen years, HPHS students have enjoyed meeting, working with, and learning from distinguished authors, including George Plimpton, Doug Wright, Michael Chabon, Kaye Gibbons, Tim O'Brien, Russell Banks, and Anchee Min.

At the heart of the festival are almost 100 workshops between students and accomplished novelists, journalists, poets, songwriters, and playwrights. Also, at a student-run open-mic night, students perform their own works. Finally, the festival offers an evening of readings and conversation with our keynote speaker that is free and open to the public. Please make plans to hear our 2007 keynote speaker, Scott Simon, on November 13 at HPHS.