The first to be broadcast on the ETV2 channel on Saturday 1 June at 10 pm EEST is the talk of Julian Barnes and Jan Kaus, which originally took place on Saturday 25 May at the Estonian Writers’ Union. The talk of David Lagercrantz and Mari Rebane (originally held on Sunday 26 May) will be shown … Continued
This year’s festival has drawn to a close. The last day – and all other previous days – can be relived through Dmitri Kotjuh’s wonderful photos. Additionally, the recordings of ERR will soon be broadcast – more information to follow in a new post.
The programme on Saturday was substantial and Dmitri Kotjuh was there to diligently record it. Feast your eyes.
Here is another charming batch from Dmitri Kotjuh’s camera. Today is also the last day you can visit his photo exhibition at the Design and Architecture Gallery. We cannot recommend it enough!
Although the unfortunately timed maintenance of Flickr has somewhat prolonged the wait for this year’s photographic pleasure, we are now happy to show Dmitri Kotjuh’s brilliant images from the first two festival days. You are also warmly recommended to visit the Design and Architecture Gallery – the exhibition of Dmitri Kotjuh’s portraits from previous festivals … Continued
We are sad to announce that due to health reasons the talk of Czech author Denisa Prošková is cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience and wish her a speedy recovery!
The Tallinn HeadRead literary festival kicks off with a preliminary event tonight at 5 pm at the National Library of Estonia, with the Estonian-English poetry evening Spores and Sparks. Festival guest Philip Gross talks about his Estonian roots and reads his poems, while Doris Kareva, one of the best known Estonian poets in the English-speaking … Continued
It has become difficult to imagine the HeadRead literary festival without the photos of Dmitri Kotjuh. In the course of our cooperation (five years and counting), Kotjuh has captured amazing moments and added his characteristic slant. In addition to his peculiar twist, the photos also emanate great warmth – a perfect match for the atmosphere … Continued
Unfortunately we have to announce a change to the programme: the walk around the Tallinn Zoo with Aleksei Turovski is cancelled. There are still two literary walks: on Thursday 23 May at 4 pm around Kadriorg with Maarja Vaino, and on Saturday at 12 pm around the Old Town with Josef Kats (in Russian). You … Continued
We are happy to announce the addition of another literary walk to our programme – Josef Kats will guide you around the Old Town on Saturday 25 May at 12 pm. The walk is in Russian and the assembly point is at the Estonian Writers’ Union (Harju 1). Register by emailing retk@headread.ee.
