▁j ury ▁pan els ▁meet ▁in ▁work p laces , ▁libraries , ▁book st ores , ▁high ▁schools , ▁colleg es ▁and ▁even ▁pen it enti aries . ▁ ▁Author ▁events ▁are ▁organ ised ▁across ▁France , ▁with ▁short list ed ▁writers ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁being ▁invited ▁to ▁visit ▁the ▁various ▁regions ▁to ▁speak ▁to ▁and ▁answer ▁questions ▁from ▁the ▁groups ▁of ▁readers . ▁ ▁Each ▁reader ▁then ▁awards ▁ratings ▁on ▁several ▁criteria ▁for ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁books ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁read ▁and ▁these ▁ratings ▁are ▁gathered ▁and ▁counted ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁winning ▁book . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁levels ▁of ▁the ▁prize : ▁the ▁votes ▁are ▁first ▁counted ▁at ▁a ▁local ▁level ▁to ▁determine ▁a ▁winner ▁for ▁each ▁of ▁ 2 5 ▁regions ▁then ▁the ▁votes ▁are ▁aggreg ated ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁overall ▁national ▁prize - w inner . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁winner ▁was ▁announced ▁on ▁Saturday ▁ 1 5 ▁October ▁in ▁Str as bourg ▁as ▁Scottish ▁author ▁Peter ▁May ▁for ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁Black house ▁( L ' I le ▁des ▁Ch asse urs ▁d ' O ise aux ). ▁ ▁Origin ▁and ▁a ims ▁of ▁the ▁prize ▁The ▁prize ▁was ▁organ ised ▁initially ▁as ▁a ▁local ▁prize ▁in ▁N antes ▁and ▁Ang ers , ▁but ▁grew ▁through ▁the ▁network ▁of ▁C ez am ▁to ▁en comp ass ▁France . ▁ ▁It ▁exists ▁to ▁promote ▁reading , ▁liter acy ▁and ▁literature , ▁not ▁only ▁by ▁bringing ▁groups ▁of ▁readers ▁together ▁to ▁exchange ▁thoughts ▁with ▁each ▁other