{"id":77,"date":"2016-04-06T11:56:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T11:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bibijacob.com\/writing\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2024-01-03T10:46:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T10:46:10","slug":"author-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bibijacob.com\/writing\/author-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always been passionate about literature and theatre. I kept a notebook since the age of 6 and loved to act in school plays. So I ended up studying both: English Literature at King\u2019s College, Cambridge and then theatre at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been a francophile since I was a teenager so after theatre school I stayed on in France. I\u2019ve now been working as a bilingual voiceover artist in Paris for over 17 years. My <a title=\"Voiceover Artist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bibijacob.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voice<\/a> is used for all kinds of things &#8211; museum audio guides, documentaries, radio plays, video games, language methods\u2026<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find me in a studio almost every week of the year but you can also see me reading my own poetry and prose in bookshops and small venues across Paris.<\/p>\n<p>When I became a mum I got really interested in children\u2019s literature and was inspired to write my own stories. They sat in a drawer for a long time until I met Geoff Chong and we started to collaborate together.<\/p>\n<p>Monkeyboy and Gogobird is the first book in what we hope will be a whole series of books.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a bit more about me if you\u2019re interested!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft\"><p><strong> Writing<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Publications<br \/>\n<\/strong><a title=\"Corrupt Press Books\" href=\"http:\/\/corruptpress.net\/books\/glittery.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Glittery City\u2019<\/a>, a collection of poems published by Corrupt Press.<\/li>\n<li>Her writing has also appeared in\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dempseyandwindle.co.uk\/anthologies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keystone Anthology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ZERO<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/parislitup.com\/paris-lit-up-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Lit Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spokenwordparis.org\/b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bastille<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/para-gram.com\/2012\/11\/26\/connections-is-here-congratulations-to-our-authors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paragram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellevilleparkpages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Belleville Park Pages<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Short Story collection (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theshortstory.net\/past-winners\/2012-winners-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honourable mention<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>17 &amp; a half minutes<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flashfiction\" href=\"http:\/\/flashfiction.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Flashfiction.it<\/span><\/a> website<\/li>\n<li>and longlisted for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flash500.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flash 500 prize<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft\"><p><strong> Reading<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Storytelling\/cabaret\/poetry events<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Les histoires sages et folles, storytelling around Paris<\/li>\n<li>Le petit cabaret m\u00e9lancolique, Kurt Weill songs<\/li>\n<li>Poet\u2019s Live, guest poet<\/li>\n<li>The Sibyls, with Kate Noakes \u2013 Chez Grace, Berkeley Books, Paris<\/li>\n<li>Guest Poet at <a href=\"http:\/\/spokenwordparis.org\/2015\/03\/24\/spokenword-march-30th-guest-poet-bibi-jacob\/%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spoken Word<\/a> and <a href=\"\/writing\/guest-poet-at-poets-live\/\">Paris Lit Up<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft\"><p><strong> For children<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Plays and Performance<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lancelot or How to be a Knight, Sylvia Montfont Theatre, Paris and schools tour &#8211; author and director<\/li>\n<li>Hairy Tales and Furry Stories, written by Rosanna Lowe, actor in schools tour<\/li>\n<li>Arabian Nights, Forest Forge, actor<\/li>\n<li>Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Orange Tree Theatre, actor<\/li>\n<li>Au Revoir Les Enfants, Tour de Force, actor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drama Teacher<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Ecole Alsacienne, Paris<br \/>\n&#8211; Institut de la Tour<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Recordings<br \/>\n<\/strong>Recorded many English language methods for Larousse, Nathan, Bordas, Hachette\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"no-emphasis\" style=\"font-size: 50%; text-align: center;\"><em>photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/92851117@N04\/23693984081\">Baby Owl<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/photopin.com\">photopin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/\">(license)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always been passionate about literature and theatre. I kept a notebook since the age of 6 and loved to act in school plays. So I ended up studying both: English Literature at King\u2019s College, Cambridge and then theatre at the Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris. I\u2019ve been a francophile since I was a teenager so&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biography - Bibi - Writing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A professional voice actor and a talented author of children&#039;s interactive read along e-books.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bibijacob.com\/writing\/author-biography\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biography - 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