Do you like reading? The RTS is looking for fourteen literature enthusiasts ready to read around forty books and defend their opinions within a jury. Registrations are open until February 7. At the end of November, the book of the year will be awarded the RTS Public Prize.
To be part of the jury, you must like to read, and even like to read a lot, around 40 to 50 Swiss books per year. You must also like to debate and defend your point of view. Five meetings, supervised by the show team Quarter bookare devoted to discussions which result in a selection of four works.
It is from these four books that the RTS Public Prize, the book of the year, will ultimately be selected, the author of which will be rewarded with a sum of 10,000 francs.
Two people per canton
The conditions for participation in the Public Prize jury are as follows: commit to reading around forty books between February and October 2025 and be available for five discussion sessions (April 8, June 10, August 19, October 7, October 28), which are organized in Lausanne at the end of the day. Two people per French-speaking canton, or fourteen members, will form the jury.
Registrations are open until February 7, 2025. The RTS will contact those selected no later than two weeks after the application deadline closes. Registrations are done on the site avecvous.rts.ch
Since 1987
Aiding literary creation, the RTS Public Prize promotes literature and testifies to the passion for reading of RTS listeners. Since 1987, it has supported authors who are Swiss or living in Switzerland. Independent, this prize, which is among the most important in French-speaking Switzerland, also reflects the role of cultural actor played for decades by the public service.
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