Rediscovering Joy with Picture BooksMay 4, 2022 | Community Good News, Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Picture BooksI never thought I could write picture books. I never thought I wanted to write picture books. But last year I felt ...By: C. Rowen MacCarald
How You Can Celebrate Floyd Cooper Day During Children’s Book Week (May 6)May 3, 2022 | Black Voices, Community Good News, Illustration, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceDuring Children’s Book Week, The Children's Book Council's Every Child a Reader will hold the first annual Floyd ...
Our Workshop “Highlights”: A PoemApril 22, 2022 | Campus Happenings, Community Good NewsMark Malcolm visited us for our Creating Picture Books with Humor and Heart workshop in April 2022, and he was ...
These are your people, and this is your placeApril 16, 2022 | Community Good News, Picture Books, Scholarship StoriesWe just received a lovely email from Chelsea Tornetto, workshop attendee and scholarship recipient, and it was so ...
From Scholarship to Workshop to Book with Traci SorellFebruary 14, 2022 | Community Good News, Native Creatives, Scholarship Stories, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceIn 2017, Traci Sorell received a scholarship to attend the Novels in Verse workshop at the Highlights ...By: Traci Sorell
Whole Novel Workshop Alum Wins Manuscript AwardJanuary 25, 2022 | Black Voices, Community Good NewsPaul Ruffins has taken four Highlights Foundation workshops. Most recently, he attended The Whole Novel Workshop ...
Teresa Robeson on Her Passion for Writing NonfictionSeptember 28, 2021 | Asian American Voices, Community Good News, NonfictionWe'd like to thank Teresa Robeson for this blog post! Thanks, Teresa, for answering our questions! 1. Why did you ...By: Teresa Robeson
Cover Reveal: Tracey Baptiste’s African Icons: 10 People Who Shaped HistoryJune 17, 2021 | Black Voices, Community Good NewsWe’re thrilled and honored to host the cover reveal for Tracey Baptiste’s fall release, AFRICAN ICONS: 10 People ...By: Tracey Baptiste
#HFGather with Daria Peoples, Our 2021 Artist of the YearApril 29, 2021 | Art Wall, Black Voices, Community Good News, HFGather, IllustrationAt our most recent #HFGather, Pat Cummings chatted with author/illustrator and HF Diversity Fellow Daria Peoples. ...By: Daria PeoplesPat Cummings
Wanted: A Community to Share a World-Changing VocationJanuary 5, 2021 | Community Good News, For Beginners, Inspiration, The Business of PublishingWe'd like to thank Mitali Perkins for this blog post! ... As daughters of Bengali immigrants growing up in ...By: Mitali Perkins
Celebrating Our Faculty on 2020’s Best ListsDecember 31, 2020 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Nonfiction, Novels, Picture BooksWe thought that a great way to close out our 2020 blog would be to celebrate some of our faculty whose books have ...
#HFGather: Community, Craft & CareerDecember 18, 2020 | Community Good News, HFGather, The Business of PublishingWe had a wonderful time at our last 2020 #HFGather, hosted by Sarah Aronson, Chris Tebbetts, Erin Dionne, Leah ...