‘Public radio broadcasters create works of audio fiction, in the broadest sense of the word, for both broadcasting and online publication. These are high-quality and diverse productions. In this sense, public service media are very important – we largely live in a “pictorial world” today, and listening to stories performed by one or more voices, accompanied by music or sound design, develops our imagination and enriches our minds.’

Kateřina Rathouská currently works as a producer of fiction and nonfiction podcasts in the Department of Format Development at Czech Radio. She has been associated with this public media institution for nearly three decades. In the past, she has hosted live broadcasts, headed the Drama and Literature Department for several years and co-created numerous radio plays, many of which have received awards at various international festivals. In the field of innovation, she created the Minute Plays project, and in recent years has worked on the creation of fiction podcasts with elements of interaction and gamification, and the development of radio series for young audiences.

Kateřina Rathouská coordinates the Audio Fiction Category together with Gunhild Nymoen.