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HeadRead’s programme includes a unique group of female stand-up comedians from Latvia
For the first time, a group of Latvian performers under the name Women’s Stand-up (Sieviešu stendaps) will perform in Tallinn. In ten years, it has become an important platform combining feminism and humour. The stand-up format allows women to discuss their concerns and painful issues through laughter and sharp humour. The platform has showcased a…
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The Estonian programme of HeadRead focuses on the impact of literature
The Estonian programme of the international literary festival HeadRead, taking place from 29 May to 2 June in Tallinn, will offer talks with authors, discussions, a premiere, literary walks and music. An exhibition of Dmitri Kotjuh’s portraits of festival guests over the years will be on display at the National Library. In line with an…
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HeadRead is looking for volunteers
The HeadRead literary festival is looking for volunteers for the period 29 May to 2 June 2024. 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…
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Changes in the international lineup of HeadRead
The HeadRead literary festival is sad to announce that due to urgent professional engagement, Norwegian writer, film critic and screenwriter Erlend Loe will not attend the festival this year. He hopes to meet our audiences in the coming years. On the other hand, the festival is happy to announce that Finnish author and literary scholar…
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International guests of HeadRead 2024 announced
This year, the international literary festival HeadRead, taking place from 29 May to 2 June in Tallinn, will host nearly 30 international guests, including writers, illustrators and curators of other literary festivals. Tallinn can look forward to historian and chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces Lucy Worsley, best known to Estonian audiences as a television…
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Estonian Literature Day 2024
For the second time, Estonia celebrates the national Estonian Literature Day with events across the country. For nonnative speakers, here are some resources for getting to know Estonian literature. Best Estonian books in translation in 2023 Estonian Literature Centre – extensive information on Estonian authors with profiles, translated excerpts and more. Estonian Literary Magazine –…
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Remembering A. S. Byatt
On Thursday 16 November, Antonia Susan Byatt, a writer and literary critic, died aged 87. She visited the HeadRead festival in Tallinn in 2014. Her most famous novel Possession, which won the Booker Prize in 1990, has been translated into Estonian. Byatt’s knowledge of literature was admired by all her contemporaries, she was widely considered…
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Eleven talks of HeadRead will be available on the Jupiter platform
Eleven talks in total from this year’s HeadRead festival are published on the free Jupiter platform of Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR), with ten already available for watching. It is the first time such a large share of the festival’s programme is broadcast. The eighth season of ERR’s programme Kirjanduse aeg (The Time of Literature) features…
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Thank you!
The fourteenth HeadRead is now done – thanks to our guests, volunteers and many-many people and organisations who provided invaluable help with organising this literary feast. International guests Jussi Adler-Olsen, Anna Auziņa, Annette Bjergfeldt, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Javier Cercas, Elin Cullhed, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, Oksana Drachkovska, Tommaí Fegan, Seamus Ó Flatharta, Eva Frantz, Semjon Hanin,…
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HeadRead 2023 gallery: day five
It’s a wrap for this year – you can find the gallery of day five on our Flickr site. However, in a way, the festival continues until 6 June in the Tammsaare Park, where you can admire Dmitri Kotjuh’s portraits of the people of the Estonian literary scene.