Readers’ Prize

Organised by the media library and awarded during the Brive Book Fair, the City of Brive Readers' Prize is awarded to a French novel of the literary season.

The 2025 winner is a woman

The jury, made up of adult readers who had applied to the Media Library, debated passionately and voted unanimously for Le secret des mères by Sophie de Baere (JC Lattès).

The 10 shortlisted novels were

La manif, Nelly Alard, Gallimard
Le lit clos, Sophie Brocas, Mialet-Barrault
Le secret des mères, Sophie de Baere, JC Lattès
Dans le jardin de l'hôtel Dean's, Céline Debayle, Arléa
Un coup de pied dans la poussière, Baptiste Fillon, Le bruit du monde
La longe, Sarah Jollien-Fardel, Sabine Wespieser
Tout le monde garde son calme, Dimitri Kantcheloff, Finitude
La dictée, Antoine Laurain, Flammarion
Lorraine brûle, Jeanne Rivière, Gallimard
Ma grand-mère et le Pays de la poésie, Minh Tran Huy, Flammarion

100% Gaillard readers

The Prix des lecteurs de la Ville de Brive is a literary award, a real favourite of the Gaillards.

Ten books are competing for this award, which aims to highlight a French novel of the literary year. The competition is organised by Brive's media library, and the jury is made up of volunteer readers who have read all the books and taken part in all the deliberations. The works are selected in advance by a panel of librarians and regular readers from the 100% Gaillarde destination.

In the end, the author receives a financial reward of €1,500 (in partnership with the company Suez), as well as a month's writing residency in Brive-la-Gaillarde.