Highland Park Literary Festival Community Keynote Event

Welcome to the Highland Park Literary Festival Community Keynote Event! The Highland Park Literary Festival (HP LitFest) is excited to welcome Blake Crouch, bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion and screenwriter of Apple TV+ series Dark Matter, as the featured speaker for this year’s Community Keynote Event on February 19, 2026, in the Highland Park High School Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the program will begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Blake Crouch is an acclaimed novelist and screenwriter. His novels include Upgrade, Recursion, Dark Matter, and the Wayward Pines trilogy. His Pines trilogy was adapted into a television series for Fox, and he also co-created the TNT show Good Behavior, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He currently acts as head writer and showrunner for the hit Apple TV+ adaptation of Dark Matter, starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connolly. Whether you're a bookworm, aspiring writer, or just looking for some literary inspiration, the HP LitFest Community Keynote Event is perfect for you. Don't miss out on this opportunity to be part of our vibrant literary community as we welcome Blake Crouch to the 31st year of HP LitFest! Bring your friends! Our book sales partner, Bird's Bookstore (https://www.birdsbookstore.com) will be onsite selling books, and Blake Crouch will do a book signing at the conclusion of the event. Free and open to all! Reservations appreciated!