All episodes
Gather: 2026 Scholarship Celebration and Info Session
#Gather: A Morning at the Whole Novel
#Gather: Writing for and Writing WITH Kids
The Resilient Writer: Writing Through Trauma and Grief
Celebrating National Poetry Month with Poets!
2025 Scholarship Celebration and Information Session
Patti Gauch, Session 4
Patti Gauch, Session 3
Patti Gauch, Session 2
Patti Gauch, Session 1
Writing about Climate Change for Kids: Amplifying Black Voices for Social Justice, Racial Equity, and Caring for Our Planet
Here Comes Summer–Reading, Swimming and Gathering
Q&A About In-Person Programs at the Highlights Foundation
Crafting and Sharing Books from the Heart
2024 Scholarship Celebration & Information Session
Erin Entrada Kelly and Laurel Snyder
Intisar Khanani
Nikki Grimes
Traci Sorell, Monique Gray Smith and Andrea Page
Delia Ruiz & Alex Villasante
Sara Gómez Woolley, Joe Cepeda, and Aram Kim
Courtney Pippin-Mathur
Rajani LaRocca & Abhi Alwar
Rajani LaRocca & Chris Baron
Cordelia Jensen
Pride & Joy, An Antidote for Erasure
Zaynah Qutubuddin
M.O. Yuksel & Hatem Aly
Grace Lin & Debbi Michiko Florence
Charles Waters & Irene Latham Talk Poetry for Kids
A Quick Jolt of Inspiration to Remind Us Why We Do This (Kids) and a Summer Camp Reunion to Remind Us How We Do It (Together)
2023 Scholarship Celebration and Information
Writing About Trauma and Grief for Kids
Income Streams For Children's Book Illustrators
Empowering Readers & Reader Choice with Julia Torres
PRIDE Celebration of Stories
AMA: Upcoming Workshops-Whole Novel
AMA: Upcoming Workshops- Crash Course
Author Sarah Aronson and Amy Guglielmo of Reading Rainbow Live! joined us to celebrate Children's Book Week and Teacher Appreciation Week!
A Celebration of Poetry
AMA: 2022 Scholarships Season
2022 Scholarship Info & Celebration Night!
AMA: Workshops & Retreats
Celebrating 2021 with Staff & Community!
In Conversation to Celebrate and Amplify Latinx Voices in the Kidlit Community
Into the Words with Traci Chee
Tiffany Jackson: From TV Sets to Full Time Writer
Shadra Strickland: On Writing, Illustrating & Some
Catching up with Ashley Hope Perez
Which novel workshop should you take in 2020?
Everything You Need to Know About Children's Publishing with Harold Underdown
Your Guide to Graphic Novels with Merrill Rainey, Colleen AF Venable, & Nidhi Chanani
Talking Manuscript Revisions with Harold Underdown & Eileen Robinson
In Conversation with Jane Yolen
From Sale to Shelf: The Debut Author's First Year with Jess Rinker & Deb Gonzalez
Writing the Rainbow with Lesléa Newman & Rob Sanders
Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Georgia Heard talk the Heart & Craft of Children's Poetry
A Full Circle Moment with Crystal Allen
A chat with Author/Illustrators Elizabeth Rose Stanton & Carolyn Dee Flores
Meg Medina talks about Nurturing Your Artistic Voice
Matthew Winner Takes on Kid Lit
Mallory Grigg and Jen Keenan: Illustration from an Art Director's Perspective
Kelly Light and Steve Light Talk Camaraderie & Feedback as Author/Illustrators
Kathy Erskine on Interviewing Your Characters
Author/Illustrators Kathyrn Othoshi & Mike Curato discuss their creative processes
Emma Otheguy on the importance of books and how they can expand your horizons
Heidi Stemple: A Chat From Cabin 16
Christine Carron: The power of critique and helping those write the novel they want.
Carole Boston Weatherford: Vavavoom! How viewpoint, voice, and verbs can affect the a manuscript
Tara Lazar talks about humor in picture books
Alex Villasante talks about being a debut author
Community Meeting Fall 2019
Three Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellows talk about Summer Camp Mentorship
Paula Morrow and Jan Fields talk about Writing for the Educational Market and how one can truly find success in an important field
Julie Dao and Patrice Caldwell talk anti-hero origin stories and how a villain's complex character development can draw us to both love and hate them
Jennifer Swanson talks about STEAM topics with a twist, crash-test dummies, and the projects she's involved in that are enriching classrooms everywhere
Heather Montgomery on observing and listening to your surroundings
Baptiste and Miranda Paul on the collaboration and research involved in writing science-themed books
Picture Books and All That Jazz with Leslie Helakoski and Darcy Pattison
Sarah Aronson talks about getting to know your novel and Rube Goldberg
Padma Venkatraman talks about finding voice in creating the story behind her newest novel, "The Bridge Home"
Nicole Valentine and Rob Costello talk about the braintrust critique method
Aram Kim talks about School Visits
Nancy Werlin: Reviewing Your Whole Novel
Na An and Lilliam Rivera: Talking about Writing Novels
Melissa Wyatt: Writing Prompts
Jennifer Jacobson on writing retreats, the Whole Novel workshop, and taking your creativity to the next level
Christine Heppermann and Deborah Kovacs discuss the Writing the Unreal workshop and their many roles in the publishing industry
Angela Dominguez: An interview with our Visual Artist of the year