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The sixteenth HeadRead is done – and once again we would like to give our heartfelt thanks to our guests, volunteers and a multitude of people and organisations who provided invaluable help with organising this literary feast.  International guests Jessikka Aro, Xavier Bouvet, Emanuele Coccia, Zane Daudziņa, Elena Fischer, Daisy Goodwin, Mark Janssen, Riikka Jäntti,…

From today until the end of the week, Tallinn will once again host notable authors of the contemporary literary scene. The HeadRead literary festival brings acclaimed international guests to Tallinn and gives an overview of the trends on the Estonian literary lanscape. The Estonian reader will have the opportunity to meet such names as Édouard…

Both groups for the cultural walk around the Old Town with Josef Kats are now full and registration is closed. You can still register for a tour of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre and the tour of the exhibition Sandwiches with Summer and Wind.

Apart from the addition of the exhibition tour announced this week, there have been a few more changes to the programme. The time for the walk around the Old Town with Josef Kats has been moved from Saturday and now takes place on Thursday 29 May at 16.00 and 18.00. Volodymyr Yermolenko’s talk is unfortunately…

HeadRead is always happy to collaborate with actors and events that have a direct or indirect link with literature and what we offer at the festival. In the case of the illustration exhibition Sandwiches with Summer and Wind, it does not take much of an effort to find a link, because book illustration is a…

Registration for this year’s literary pub crawl has now closed. However, there are still some great events you can register for: Cultural walk in the Old Town with Josef Kats (in Russian) A tour of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre (in Estonian and English) Poetry reading competition on Marie Under’s work (in Estonian)

The HeadRead Literary Festival will feature performances of the mixed reality production Held in Human II: Rose in Your Brain by Liis Vares and Taavet Jansen. The European premiere of the production, which was first performed in Estonia in Tartu last November, took place in autumn at the Performing Arts & Digitalität festival in Germany…

From today, you can sign up for events where the number of participants is limited. Registration is open for the following events:  Literary pub crawl (in Estonian) Cultural walk in the Old Town with Josef Kats (in Russian) A tour of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre (in Estonian and English) Poetry reading competition on Marie Under’s…

According to tradition, the HeadRead Literary Festival, which takes place in the last week of May, taps into the trends that have stood out in Estonian literature during the year. The festival will feature Kairi Look, an established children’s author who made her novel debut early this year; Lilli Luuk, who has become one of…

The HeadRead literary festival is looking for volunteers for the period 28 May to 1 June 2025. Their main tasks include providing information and printed materials at the main venue’s information desk, keeping an eye on the main hall and selling books, but also meeting guests, running errands and other relevant tasks. If you are…