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  • Fifth day in pictures

    Photos of the final day of the festival are now on the Flickr account of the festival.

  • Gallery: the fourth day of the festival

    You can now relive the fourth day of the festival via our Flickr.

  • Gallery: the third day of the festival

    HeadRead is in full swing, and Dmitri Kotjuh is hard at work – here are his images of the third day of the festival.

  • Photos: the first and second day of the festival

    Dmitri Kotjuh’s wonderful captures of the first and second day of the festival are now up on HeadRead’s official Flickr account. The National Library of Estonia is also hosting a hybrid exhibition of his photos from previous festivals.

  • Dmitri Kotjuh’s exhibition opens in the National Library

    Yesterday 27 May, the exhibition of portraits by the festival’s official photographer Dmitri Kotjuh opened in the foyer of the National Library of Estonia, showing various authors we have had the pleasure to meet over the years. The hybrid exhibition will remain open until 20 June.

  • Dörte Hansen’s talk cancelled

    Due to health reasons, Dörte Hansen is unfortunately unable to attend this year’s festival. We are looking forward to meeting her in the future!

  • HeadRead literary festival kicks off on Wednesday

    On Wednesday 29 May, the HeadRead literary festival kicks off, treating the audiences in Tallinn to more than 30 international guests and notable Estonian authors. The festival running from 29 May to 2 June is offering literature enthusiasts in Tallinn a varied programme of meetings, conversations, music, theatre and literary walks. The opening evening of…

  • Thomas Erikson’s talk cancelled

    Unfortunately, the talk of Swedish author Thomas Erikson is cancelled and he will not perform at this year’s festival.

  • Registration for the literary pub crawl is now closed

    We are happy to see many so quick enthusiasts of literature and liquids, a full group, in fact, which means that registration for the literary pub crawl has closed for this year.

  • Registration for literary walks is now open

    Registration is now open for literary walks at this year’s festival. There are three walks in total – a literary pub crawl (in Estonian) and two cultural history walks in the Old Town (in Russian). More information and the registration forms (in Estonian and Russian) are available here: literary pub crawl with Elle-Mari Talivee and…

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