The Highland Park Literary Festival began in 1995 as a collaboration between interested parents and the HPHS English Department. For more than a dozen years, Highland Park High School students have enjoyed meeting, working with, and learning from distinguished authors. The fesitval also presents an evening with our keynote author, which is open to the entire community. Past keynote authors have included George Plimpton, Doug Wright, Michael Chabon, Tim O'Brien, Russell Banks, Anchee Min, and Scott Simon.

2008-09 is the Literary Festival's "Year of the Poem" | Click the exclamation point for a poem by Billy Collins