Writing About Mental Health in Youth LiteratureMarch 31, 2021 | Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Minds & Bodies, NovelsWriting about mental health is about both the impact for our readers and the experience of our writers. How do we ...
#HFGather with the Brown Bookshelf: Amplify Black Stories Opening CelebrationFebruary 25, 2021 | Black Voices, Essential Conversations, HFGatherMany children's book creatives and professionals joined us at our latest #HFGather, where we welcomed the team ...
Watch the Webinar: LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: A Conversation with AuthorsSeptember 30, 2019 | Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ VoicesOur friends at Lee & Low Books presented a webinar this summer called "LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: A Conversation ...
Bringing Allyship to Your Work in Children’s LiteratureSeptember 12, 2019 | Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ VoicesLGBTQIA+ writers and illustrators bring their voices to our annual workshop Writing the Rainbow: Crafting Picture ...By: Rob SandersLesléa Newman
Why We Need More LGBTQIA+ Picture BooksAugust 19, 2019 | Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Picture BooksWe host a series of symposiums, workshops and retreats that we call Essential Conversations as a way for us to ...
A Weekend Without a Glossary: Why I’m Going to the Retreat for Jewish Kidlit WritersAugust 1, 2019 | Essential Conversations, Jewish Voices, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceThanks to A.R. Vishny (arvishny.com) for this blog post! She attended our Symposium for Jewish Children's ...
Writing the Rainbow: Rob Sanders and Lesléa Newman Talk About LGBTQIA+ Picture BooksJuly 27, 2019 | Essential Conversations, LGBTQIA+ Voices, Picture BooksWe're pleased to welcome authors Rob Sanders and Lesléa Newman to the blog today. The two leaders of our workshop ...By: Lesléa NewmanRob Sanders
Fellows Announced for the 2019-2020 Highlights Foundation Diversity FellowshipMay 14, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Black Voices, Community Good News, Essential Conversations, Highlights Foundation News, Latinx Voices, Muslim StorytellersTen Fellows have been named in the inaugural Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellowship. Working with celebrated ...
Meet the Mentors for the 2019-2020 Highlights Foundation Diversity FellowshipMay 11, 2019 | Asian American Voices, Essential Conversations, Highlights Foundation NewsWe're excited to welcome these Mentors for our inaugural Diversity Fellowship season! They will be dedicated to ...
The Editor/Creator Relationship in a Cultural Context: Communication, Collaboration, and Mutual Respect Is KeyApril 17, 2019 | Essential Conversations, Native Creatives, The Business of PublishingSpecial thanks to Traci Sorell and Karen Boss for this blog post. Traci writes fiction and nonfiction books ...By: Traci SorellKaren Boss