Last week, Tallinn hosted the HeadRead literary festival, featuring author talks, literary walking tours of the capital, plus special music events.<\/p>\n
The festival<\/a> ran Wednesday, May 27 to Sunday, May 31, with other attractions including author talks and meet-and-greets.<\/p>\n The main venue used was the Writers’ House (Kirjanike Maja) in the Old Town, and other locations included the nearby St. Nicholas’ Church (Niguliste kirik).<\/p>\n International guest authors included French economist Thomas Piketty (“Capital in the Twenty-First Century” (2013), “Capital and Ideology” (2019)) and Belgian novelist Gaea Schoeters (“Trofee” (2020)), while local writers taking part included Anu Allas, Brigitta Davidjants, and Triin Soomets.<\/p>\n The Estonian Children’s Literature Center on Pikk t\u00e4nav in the Old Town also hosted authors, and the Ukrainian Cultural Center presented contemporary Ukrainian poetry.<\/p>\n HeadRead is a play on words: In addition to interpreting it at face value in English, in Estonian, “Head read” would translate as “Good lines.”<\/p>\n It is an international literary festival held<\/a> in Tallinn every spring and is one of the most prominent cultural events in Estonia. Past participants include British historians Simon Sebag-Montefiore and Lucy Worsley, and Finnish playwright and author Sofi Oksanen.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Follow ERR News on Facebook<\/a> and X<\/a> and never miss an update!<\/p>\n