Candy Jar Ltd

Candy Jar Ltd was founded in 2010 by Justin Chaloner and Shaun Russell.[1] The company was created from the merger of Farsight Productions and Hubbub Media. Based in Cardiff Bay, Candy Jar Ltd initially began as a video production and PR company. In 2011 it expanded into the book publishing industry.

Candy Jar Films

Established in 2010, Candy Jar Films produces videos for companies across the UK.

Since 2010, Candy Jar Films has worked on a variety of different projects for various clients, including Principality, Alzheimer's Society Wales and NHS Wales.[2]

Candy Jar Books

Candy Jar Books is an independent publisher of non-fiction, general fiction and children's books. As it has an in-house video production team, it is able to make use of digital video as a marketing tool for its authors; creating book trailers, news packages and mini-documentaries.

The first title Candy Jar released, entitled Kangazang!,[3] was written by Terry Cooper. Part of a trilogy, the audiobook of Kangazang! is narrated by actor Colin Baker, who previously starred in Doctor Who.[4]

Other authors published by Candy Jar Books include Eileen Younghusband and Michelle Briscombe. Eileen Younghusband is the author of One Woman's War, which was published in 2011.[5] The book tells the previously untold story of the work of the Filter Room in WW2, and the book is the first of its kind on the topic to be published.[6] Eileen has since appeared on BBC Breakfast talking about her book.[7] A documentary was made about her life for ITV Wales and aired in November 2012.[8] Michelle Briscombe is the author of Silent Mountain.

In early 2012 Rebecca Lloyd-James joined the team as the company's editor. She previously worked as an editor for Harper Collins.[9]

Jelly Bean Books

Jelly Bean Books is Candy Jar's self-publishing imprint. Previous self-published writers include Barbara Pontin, author of Merlys and Tranter's Cake Shop, and Michelle McKenna, author of The Diddy Tree.[10]

The South Wales Short Story Competition

In 2012 Candy Jar launched The South Wales Short Story Competition.[11] The competition, aimed at unpublished writers, helps entrants get their work into print for the first time.[12] In its first year it received over one hundred short stories from entrants across the globe. The winners were announced during National Short Story Week.

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/about.html
  2. ↑ http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/films/clients.html
  3. ↑ http://www.kangazang.co.uk/
  4. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5O5xPB39kA&feature=relmfu
  5. ↑ http://onewomanswar.wordpress.com/
  6. ↑ http://www.eyounghusband.com/
  7. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRqC7sX0DaY
  8. ↑ http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2012-11-08/welsh-hero-of-world-war-2/
  9. ↑ http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/about.html
  10. ↑ http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/jellybeanbooks.html
  11. ↑ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2012/09/21/south-wales-short-story-competition-write-your-way-into-a-new-book-91466-31884422/
  12. ↑ http://www.thepennypost.co.uk/2012/09/21/cardiff-news-south-wales-short-story-competition-write-your-way-into-a-new-book/