This year, the HeadRead literary festival takes place between 28 and 30 May, i.e. across three days instead of the nearly week-long run due to the pandemic. The festival programme has been streamlined accordingly. Another new move means that out of safety concerns, all events take place outdoors, around Tallinn, and to limit the size … Continued
It has been our pleasure to welcome Estonian Public Broadcasting at the festival for several years now to record some of the events. Fourteen episodes have now been made available as a compact selection on the Jupiter page. While this is only scratching the surface, we hope this will give a good overview of the … Continued
Although the festival was not held this year, you can still be a part of HeadRead at a festival in a certain way – we are represented at the Kirjandustänava (Literary Street) festival held on Saturday 5 September in Kadriorg. Schedule: 13.00 Heili Sepp and Krista Kaer talk about literature 15.00 Hendrik Relve and Krister … Continued
With a heavy heart, the organisers of the HeadRead literary festival decided to not hold the festival this year. The main consideration is the new surge in COVID-19 infections in the world but also in Estonia. The health of visitors and guests is crucial for the organisers and therefore, even a theoretical possibility of infection … Continued
The HeadRead literary festival is looking for volunteers for the period of 9-13 September 2020. The main tasks of volunteers include providing information and booklets at the info desk, taking care of the main festival venue and selling books, as well as meeting guests, working as a messenger, and other essential tasks. Prospective volunteers are … Continued
The cooperation between the HeadRead festival and Krõõt Kukkur goes back years, when she designed our popular T-shirts and tote bags. In the spirit of a spring makeover, we are very happy to spruce up out website with her unique illustrations. Krõõt is warm and witty, she does her own thing and has character – … Continued
Press release 19 March 2020 Due to the declaring of an emergency situation in Estonia to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the HeadRead literary festival will not take place during its usual dates, that is, the end of May, and will be held in early autumn. This year’s literary festival is held from 9 … Continued
Due to the spread of the coronavirus and the state of emergency declared in Estonia, the organisers of HeadRead are closely monitoring the situation and will make a decision about the time of the festival as soon as possible. In the mean time, stay safe, follow the instructions of authorities (Estonian Health Board, Ministry of … Continued
This winter, we announced a photo competition to celebrate the bookshelves of all book lovers. We are happy to announce that the following submissions were the lucky winners: We kindly ask the winners to contact Ingrid Velbaum-Staub. Congratulations and many happy reads!
On Saturday 15 June at 22.00 ETV2 broadcast their recording of Leïla Slimani and Indrek Koff who met on the stage of the Estonian Writers’ Union on Sunday 26 May. You can watch it again on the website of ETV2.
