ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
In 1995, the Highland Park Literary Festival was born from a collaboration between interested parents and the English Department of Highland Park High School in Dallas. The HP LitFest is categorized as a 501(c)3 organization and your tax-deductible contributions are greatly appreciated.
At the heart of the festival are workshops between students and novelists, journalists, poets, songwriters, and playwrights and a keynote by an accomplished author (free and open to the public). Additional special events occur at other HPISD campuses.
HP LitFest Mission Statement
The goal of the HP LitFest is to inspire and encourage students, teachers, and the community to celebrate language in its artfully written, spoken, and sung forms. We believe that literary writing, distinct from other written forms, offers unique insight into the articulation of human experience and has its value not only in the story that it tells, but also in how the story is told. Consequently, the festival showcases and provides access to professional writers who offer substantive artistic content through either fiction or nonfiction, and who can offer guidance or inspiration with respect to the craft and the appreciation of literary writing.
HP LitFest Family Day will be in person at Interabang Books on February 21, 2021. More books will be listed here soon.
New York Times bestseller and multiple award-winning author Téa Obreht will be the keynote speaker for the 25th annual HP LitFest on February 25 at 7:00 p.m. (virtual) – sign up at hplitfest.com. This event is free and open to the public.
Inland: A Novel
By
Téa Obreht
A virtual Parent Book Club to discuss Inland is scheduled for February 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Obreht became the youngest-ever recipient of the Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Tiger’s Wife in 2011. Named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty, Obreht has wowed critics and readers with richly-developed characters, subtle plot, and evocative sense of place. With her second novel, Inland, named by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2019, Obreht graduates from talented newcomer to one of the finest fiction writers of her generation. The story unfolds in the drought-ridden Arizona Territory in 1893 and recreates the myth of the American West.
A virtual Parent Book Club to discuss Inland is scheduled for February 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Obreht became the youngest-ever recipient of the Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Tiger’s Wife in 2011. Named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty, Obreht has wowed critics and readers with richly-developed characters, subtle plot, and evocative sense of place. With her second novel, Inland, named by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2019, Obreht graduates from talented newcomer to one of the finest fiction writers of her generation. The story unfolds in the drought-ridden Arizona Territory in 1893 and recreates the myth of the American West.
A virtual Parent Book Club to discuss Inland is scheduled for February 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Obreht became the youngest-ever recipient of the Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Tiger’s Wife in 2011. Named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty, Obreht has wowed critics and readers with richly-developed characters, subtle plot, and evocative sense of place. With her second novel, Inland, named by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2019, Obreht graduates from talented newcomer to one of the finest fiction writers of her generation. The story unfolds in the drought-ridden Arizona Territory in 1893 and recreates the myth of the American West.
The Tiger's Wife: A Novel
By
Téa Obreht
Flipped
By
Wendelin Van Draanen
The Running Dream
By
Wendelin Van Draanen
Hope in the Mail: Reflections on Writing and Life
By
Wendelin Van Draanen
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Wild Bird
By
Wendelin Van Draanen
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
By
Wendelin Van Draanen
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2021 Presenters & Books
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2021 Presenters & Books
2021 Presenters & Books
The Trouble with Lexie: A Novel
By
Jessica Anya Blau
(Non-returnable)
(Non-returnable)
The Wonder Bread Summer: A Novel
By
Jessica Anya Blau
(Non-returnable)
(Non-returnable)
Drinking Closer to Home: A Novel
By
Jessica Anya Blau
The Summer of Naked Swim Parties: A Novel
By
Jessica Anya Blau
Minml Poems
By
Mag Gabbert
(Non-returnable)
(Non-returnable)
The Shape of Family: A Novel
By
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
The Shape of Family: A Novel
By
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South
By
Ben Montgomery
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
By
Ben Montgomery
(Non-returnable)
(Non-returnable)
Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City
By
Albert Samaha
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists
By
Tracy Walder, Jessica Anya Blau
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