Jelly Bean Self-Publishing is delighted to have been awarded Self-Publishing Company of the Year at the 2020 Welsh Enterprise awards.
The Welsh Enterprise awards recognise the contribution of small to medium sized businesses to the Welsh economy.
Since its inception in 2013, Jelly Bean Self-Publishing has provided a range of publishing services to independent authors all around the world. Head of Publishing Shaun Russell is delighted to have received the commendation:
“Self-publishing has grown enormously as an industry over recent years. Thanks to the Internet, the rise of eBooks, and the refinement of Print on Demand technology, it is now viable both economically and practically for independent authors to find engaged readerships in an incredible variety of ways.”
“It’s this flexibility that is at the heart of self-publishing’s ever-increasing success, and it is something that we have always put at the heart of what we do. We never try to pigeonhole our authors or force them into a one-size fits arrangements. We tailor our work to an author’s needs, budgets and ambitions.”
“And whatever the services they require, we provide them to the same standards as we do for our award-winning traditional imprint Candy Jar Books. Not only is this, of course, only fair to the author, it’s an investment in the long-term viability of self-publishing as an industry.”
“We are delighted SME News has recognised our efforts to provide a quality self-publishing service. We see it not only as recognition for ourselves, but a testament to the many companies around the country that are working so hard to establish self-publishing as a viable route to readership for independent authors, as part of the wider publishing environment.”
“Mark my words, thanks to these efforts, in the coming years you will read more and more about authors finding success through self-publishing.”
Mary Edith Pechey and Marie Curie were two of the most influential women of their times. Marie Curie conducted significant research on radioactivity as well as being the only person to win a Nobel prize in two different sciences. Edith Pechey was one of the first female doctors in the United Kingdom and a promoter of women’s rights. Both women were contrapuntal to the development of the human race, but what would happen if their lives were thrown off track?
Paul Robinson takes a small hiatus
from his Charlie Holmes series to write Time Split, a new novel
following the adventures of Jenny Johnson. Jenny finds herself launched into
the bodies of two teenage girls in the past. She must ensure that they are set
back onto the correct paths to secure their future influences, and the success
of humanity!
Inspired by a writing
exercise, Paul created Time Split after receiving the prompt “One day
she woke up…”. He combined this with his expansive knowledge of famous women
throughout history -– of which he has a list -– in order to raise more awareness
of their achievements.
Paul explains: “I am a strong believer in
writing about important female characters. I want to readdress the balance
between the genders while teaching younger girls about amazing, influential
women.”
Having taught young people
for the past 40 years, including working with those hard of hearing, Paul’s
main aspiration is to develop new role models in order to inspire his students.
He aims to create more relatable and exceptional characters; Charlie Holmes is
based on one of his deaf students, Charlotte.
Time Split encapsulates
adolescence in a realistic way, with a generous serving
of miscommunication, humour, love and heartbreak.
Bright Eyes – Art Garfunkel (inspired by Watership Down by Richard Adams)
Hurricane – Bob Dylan (inspired by The Sixteenth Round by Rubin Hurricane Carter)
Tom Joad – Woody Guthrie (inspired by The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck)
Atticus – The Noisettes (inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)
Song for Clay – Bloc Party (inspired by Less Than Zero by Easton Ellis)
The Dark is Rising – Mercury Rev (inspired by The Dark by Susan Cooper)
A Rose for Emily – The Zombies (inspired by A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner)
Bell Jar – The Bangles (inspired by The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath)
I am a Rock – Simon and Garfunkel (inspired by Meditation XVll by John Donne)
China In Your Hand – T’Pau (inspired by Frankenstein by Mary Shelley)
Firework – Katy Perry (inspired by On the Road by Jack Kerouac)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John (inspired by The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum)
Off to the Races – Lana Del Ray (inspired by Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov)
Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac (inspired by Triad by Mary Leader)
The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins – Leonard Nimoy (inspired by The Hobbit by J.R. R. Tolkien)
Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles (inspired by The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy
Leary and Robert Alpert)
Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles (inspired by The Sound Sweep by J. G. Ballard)
Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush (inspired by Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)
Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack (inspired by 110th Street by Wally Ferris)
Willie Burke Sherwood – Killer Mike (inspired by Lord of the Flies by William Golding)
Same Drugs – Chance the Rapper (inspired by Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie)
Thieves In the Night – Black Star (inspired by The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison)
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Metallica (inspired by For Whom the Bells Tolls by Ernest
Hemingway)
Motorcycle Emptiness – Manic Street Preachers (inspired by Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton)
One Brown Mouse – Jethro Tull (inspired by To a Mouse by Robert Burns)
Paranoid Android – Radiohead (inspired by Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams)
Ramble On – Led Zeppelin (inspired by Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (inspired by Paradise Lost by Milton)
Soma – The Strokes (inspired by Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)
Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones (inspired by Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Invisible Man – Queen (inspired by The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells)
The Tomahawk Kid – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (inspired by Treasure Island by Louis Stevenson)
Venus In Furs – The Velvet Underground
Inspired by Venus in Furs
by Leopoid von Sachor-Masoch
Walk On The Wild Side – Lou Reed (inspired by Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren)
Whip It – Devo (inspired by Gravity’s
Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon)
White Rabbit – Jefferson Aeroplane (inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by
Lewis Carroll)
Backyard Skull – Frightened Rabbit (inspired by Where the Bodies are Buried by Christopher
Brookmyre)
I Fought in a War – Belle and Sebastian (inspired by For Esme with Squalor and Love by J. D. Salinger)
True Ways of Knowing – Blue Rose Code (inspired by True ways of Knowing by Norman MaCaig)
A Man for All seasons – Al Stuart (inspired by The Play by Robert Bolt)
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell (inspired by Henderson and the rain by Saul Bellow)
1984 – Joni Mitchell (inspired by Henderson and the Rain by Saul Bellow)
1984 – David Bowie (inspired by 1984 by George Orwell)
Boot Stamping On a Human Face – Bad Religion (inspired by 1984 by George Orwell)
Welcome to 1984 – Anti-Flag (inspired by 1984 by George Orwell)
I am the Walrus – The Beatles (inspired by The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
Brave New World – Iron Maiden (inspired by Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)
Soma – Smashing Pumpkins (inspired by Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)
Catcher in the Rye – Guns ‘n’ Roses (inspired by The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger)
Who Wrote Haulden Caulfield? – Green Day (inspired by Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger)
Lucy in the Sky With
Diamonds – The Beatles (inspired by The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
Frankenstein – Lenny Kravitz (inspired by Frankenstein by Mary Shelley)
Walk this Way – Aerosmith (inspired by Frankenstein by Mary Shelley)
Feed my Frankenstein – Alice Cooper (inspired by Frankenstein by Mary Shelley)
Lolita – Lana Del Ray (inspired by Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov)
Gothic Lolita – Emilie Autumn (inspired by Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov)
Don’t Stand Too Close to Me – The Police (inspired by Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov)
Lord of the Flies – Iron Maiden (inspired by Lord of the Flies by William Golding)
Shadows and Tall Trees – U2 (inspired by Lord of the Flies by William Golding)
Rivendell – Rush (inspired by Lord
of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien)
H.W.C – Liz Phair (inspired
by The Picture of Dorian Gray by
Oscar Wilde)
The Ocean – U2 (inspired by The
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
The Stranger Song – Leonard Cohen (inspired by The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson
Algren)
Angelene – PJ Harvey (inspired by Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes by J. D. Salinger)
Been Down So Long – The Doors (inspired by Counterculture Classic by Richard Farina)
Scentless Apprentice – Nirvana (inspired by Perfume by Cobain)
My Blaeken Year – Patti Smith (inspired by Unknown by William Blake)
We are the Dead – David Bowie (inspired by 1984 by George Orwell)
Banana Co – Radiohead (inspired by One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Hurricane – Thirty Seconds to Mars (inspired by The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)
Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones (inspired by The Master and the Margarita by Mikhail
Bulgakov)
Prince Caspian – Phish (inspired by Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis)
Narnia – Steve Hackett (inspired by Narnia Series by C. S. Lewis)
Mock Turtle Song – Steely Dan (inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
Alice – Tom Waits (inspired by Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
Barefoot Children – Jimmy Buffett (inspired by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain)
Return to Pooh Corner – Kenny Logins (inspired by The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne)
Charlotte Sometimes – The Cure (inspired by Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer)
Tom Sawyer – Rush (inspired by The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain)
Bucking Bronco – Scarth Locke (inspired by Bucking Bronco by Shel Silverstein)
Dollars and Cents – Radiohead (inspired by No Logo by Naomi Kiens)
Atrocity Exhibition – Joy Division (inspired by Condensed Novels by JG Ballard)
Dead – Pixie (inspired by The
Bible)
Jocasta – Noah and the Whale (inspired by Sophocles by Oedipus Rex)
Yertle the Turtle – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Yertle the Turtle by Dr.
Seuss)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Rick Wakeman (inspired by Journey to the Centre of the Earth by
Jules Verne)
Are Friends Electric – Gary Numan (inspired by Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip
K Dick)
Friendly Fires – Pala (inspired by Island by Aldous Huxley)
Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) by Eurythmics (inspired by 1984 by George Orwell)
by Daria Morgan and Verity Russell
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