Production Professional(s) of the Year
The shortlist for the Production Professional(s) of the Year category at the FutureBook Awards 2025
In its first year, our Production Professionals of the Year finalists are made up from teams from some of our biggest publishers, but also one of the smallest.
Impressively Pan Macmillan has two cohorts up for the same award, both combining scale with intricate bespoke work; Orion, Bonnier and HarperCollins’s One More Chapter production team make up the heavy-weights; but the team from the smallest publisher comprises Kim Tran, Pascal Nguyen, and Anh Thu Truong Nguyen, from Major Books, a London-based independent publisher founded in 2022 with the mission to bring Vietnamese literature to the English-speaking world. "We are a small but deeply committed team of three, managing every stage of the publishing process," they say, providing the perfect rationale for why this award is important.
Winner
Orion Production Department
Orion Publishing Group
Orion Production Team drives innovation and quality, delivering complex, high-end direct-to-consumer editions, bespoke special editions, and £1m revenue growth.
We are delighted to have been recognised for our work on Orion’s beautiful and varied direct-to-consumer special editions with this shortlisting. Everyone in our team has had to embrace so many new skills in recent years, source new suppliers and test new materials and production techniques. Throughout all of this we have always strived to support each other, share our knowledge and tackle any challenge thrown at us. It’s great to receive this recognition as a whole team!
Highly Commended
Nosy Crow Production Team
Nosy Crow Group
Innovative, entrepreneurial production team pioneering sustainable, world-class children’s publishing through creativity, collaboration, and excellence in every detail.
I’m thrilled that the Nosy Crow Production team is shortlisted for the Bookseller FutureBooks Production Professionals of the Year awards! This award recognises the integral role that production teams play in publishing, as well as showcasing the passion, creativity and innovation we contribute to the books, creatives, and readers.Karina Stevens, Production Director
Shortlist
Bonnier Books UK Trade Production Department
Bonnier Books UK
Bonnier Books UK Trade Production Team expertly managed complex, high-pressure multi-title projects, ensuring quality, compliance, and timely delivery throughout a record-breaking summer.
We are absolutely delighted to have been shortlisted for this award, and alongside such strong company. It has been a remarkable year for the entire Bonnier Books UK production team, pulling together as one and working tirelessly over the busiest of periods to bring our bestselling books into the world.
Major Books team (Kim Tran, Pascal Nguyen, Anh Thu Truong Nguyen)
Founders and Publishing Assistant
Major Books
Major Books’ team combines meticulous craftsmanship, innovative design, and cultural sensitivity, creating visually striking, high-quality Vietnamese literature for global readers.
We are thrilled to be shortlisted for Production Professionals of the Year! Our small team pours heart and precision into every book we make, and this recognition is a reminder of how powerful small teams can be when driven by passion, collaboration, and purpose.
Nosy Crow Production Team
Nosy Crow Group
Innovative, entrepreneurial production team pioneering sustainable, world-class children’s publishing through creativity, collaboration, and excellence in every detail.
I’m thrilled that the Nosy Crow Production team is shortlisted for the Bookseller FutureBooks Production Professionals of the Year awards! This award recognises the integral role that production teams play in publishing, as well as showcasing the passion, creativity and innovation we contribute to the books, creatives, and readers.Karina Stevens, Production Director
One More Chapter Production Team (Kara Daniel and Francesca Tuzzeo)
Managing editorial assistant; Production controller
HarperCollins
Kara Daniel and Francesca Tuzzeo deliver innovative, high-quality global commercial fiction production, managing complex formats and massive print runs seamlessly.
Future-proofing must happen at every level on a publishing team, so we’re ecstatic FutureBook is recognising those who typically don’t get the spotlight but are every bit as innovative and resilient in the inaugural Production Professionals of the Year Award. We're proud of our contributions to One More Chapter and the commercial fiction landscape.
Orion Production Department
Orion Publishing Group
Orion Production Team drives innovation and quality, delivering complex, high-end direct-to-consumer editions, bespoke special editions, and £1m revenue growth.
We are delighted to have been recognised for our work on Orion’s beautiful and varied direct-to-consumer special editions with this shortlisting. Everyone in our team has had to embrace so many new skills in recent years, source new suppliers and test new materials and production techniques. Throughout all of this we have always strived to support each other, share our knowledge and tackle any challenge thrown at us. It’s great to receive this recognition as a whole team!
Managing Editorial, Pan Macmillan
Pan Macmillan
Pan Macmillan’s Managing Editorial team delivers exceptional, efficient, and inclusive project management across diverse titles, formats, and global publishing challenges.
We’re thrilled to be recognized for the tireless work we do behind the scenes to support our authors and editors to publish books of the highest editorial quality. The work we do is often quiet, and performed by diligent, detail-oriented people; this shortlisting is a fantastic way of raising the profile of my brilliant team.
Pan Macmillan Production Team
Pan Macmillan
Pan Macmillan Production delivers unparalleled operational excellence, global reach, and innovative formats, producing high-quality, sustainable books at extraordinary scale.
