Testimonials

  • The wonderful team at Anu Design have been central to Hachette Books Ireland’s design ethos for almost two decades. Karen and Terry provide a highly professional service, balancing innovative design with commercial awareness and keen skill – from high production-value, full colour projects to more regular formats in need of design flair. They’ll always go the extra mile when the pressure is on. A brilliant team.

    Ciara Considine

    Editor, Hachette Books

  • Meath County Library has worked with Anú Design for more than ten years. They are painstaking, infinitely patient and passionate about book design. We recommend them to everyone who aspires to making a beautiful book.

    Tom French

    Local Studies, Meath County Library

  • Being tasked with developing and creating bespoke book cover designs for a considerable range of academic titles, is always a rewarding experience but impossible without a pool of dedicated freelance designers to rely on. It has always been an absolute pleasure to deal with Anú Design over the years, creating some beautiful and highly effective book cover designs, pleasing authors and editors alike. They have been one of the most experienced, professional, efficient and talented freelance design companies I have worked alongside on cover projects.

    Gareth Toye

    Senior Designer, Taylor and Francis Books

  • I’ve worked with Karen and Terry of Anú Design over many years on book and cover designs. Anú have a lot of design experience and working with them has always been a pleasure – they always seem to understand what we want. Their work is of the highest quality and professionalism, with great attention to detail. They are a hugely creative team, with great design skills. I highly recommend them.

    Mairead O'Keeffe

    Production Director, Gill Publishers

  • Anú Design delights in finding innovative answers to our most challenging design problems, bringing an unparalleled expertise and flair to all their work. Always creative, reliable, efficient and cheerful, working with Karen and Terry over the last number of years has been an absolute pleasure.

    Martin Fanning

    Publisher, Four Courts Press

  • Having worked with Anú Design both with Cork University Press and The Collins Press over many years, I cannot recommend them too highly. They are gifted designers whose hugely creative and beautiful books have been nominated and won many important awards. As if that were not enough, Karen and Terry are a delight to deal with. They understand the needs of their clients and are committed, low maintenance, punctual, meticulous and ever helpful. With their vast knowledge of the printing and publishing worlds, along with the necessary technology (of which they are experts), I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone who works in book production.

    Maria O'Donovan

    Editor, Cork University Press

  • Terry was instrumental in helping us with the illustrations for our ‘Dublin and the Viking World’ publication, along with maps for our exhibition and imagery for once-off leaflets. His experience and knowledge in this area brought all our projects to life in a way that we could never imagine. Terry is very reliable and will do his best to meet the customer’s deadlines. Thank you Anú Design!

    Aoife O'Shaughnessy

    Exhibition and Education Development Officer, Dublinia

  • I’ve worked with Karen and Terry at Anú Design for years, and they have always provided inspiring, creative fulfilling designs in a professional, timely fashion. They have produced book covers and interiors for fiction and non-fiction children’s and general books to a very high standard. I would have no hesitation recommending Anú Design for any of your book design needs.

    Emma Byrne

    Design Manager, The O’Brien Press

  • I’ve had the privilege of working with Anú Design on four separate projects and each time has been a pure pleasure. Karen and Terry are friendly, accommodating, prompt, efficient, expert, artistic and super creative. I’ve been delighted with their work and highly recommend them for any author or publisher, large or small.

    Rick Spier

    Author of 'O’Sullivan’s Odyssey' and other works.

  • The team at Anú Design are simply the best in the business. Over the past 15 years they have conceptualised, designed and created book covers, brochures, portfolios, maps, exhibition panels and a wide range of publications for me and my colleagues. They are exceptionally talented, imaginative and flexible, and always a pleasure to work with. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them wholeheartedly.

    Dr. Michael Potterton

    Maynooth University (and formerly Senior Editor, Four Courts Press)

  • Andalus Press has produced many historical books on various themes: many covering Ireland and Spain. Recognising the importance of a well-designed cover, I have used Anu Design to develop these – in addition, on several occasions I have used their great expertise in interior layout as well. I principally work with Terry Foley – he has guided me through the various stages: concept , initial options and then focussing on the final design. Luckily he has the innate feeling of the correct mix of typography and imagery for the particular subject. The results have been outstanding, and Andalus Press has now a back-catalogue of excellent covers (the books aren't half bad either!).

    Michael B. Barry

    Publisher, Andalus Press

  • Congratulations to Karen and Terry of Anú Design on the launch of their beautiful new website, which so well illustrates the integrity and beauty of their work. We in the Navan & District Historical Society have worked with Anú Design for over eight years on the production of our bi-annual journal 'Navan – Its People and Its Past', Volume 3 – Volume 6. We are in safe hands. Anú Design has brought our journals to a whole new level with Karen's skill on the internal layout and Terry's beautifully designed covers and bookmarks. Nothing is ever too much trouble. Karen's response of 'no problem' is typical of what we get with our tedious tweaking of text and footnotes. We are very proud of the series of books, and how they sit on the shelf. Karen and Terry - wishing you both continued success with the work you so obviously love. May the creative juices continue to flow.

    Ethna Cantwell, Mairéad Crinion and Peter Connell

    Editorial team of 'Navan – Its People and Its Past'

  • I have published two books, 'The Lost Gaeltacht' (2020) and 'The Bard of Cloghbrack' (2025). The design and layout for both was carried out by Anu Design. On both books, which were very different in content and style, they have carefully and meticulously completed the work to a very high standard ensuring high production values were observed throughout the process. They listened, consulted carefully and created multiple design concepts for each and it was apparent they carefully considered the content when selecting the font, the style and the overall feel of the book. This made the books attractive and eye-catching on a bookshelf, calling out to be picked up and explored more closely. They advised on cover designs, size and format, binding, paper selection and progressing to the printing process. They were very patient throughout the process and provided multiple proofs of both the book interior and cover for review before finalising. They also helped liaise with the printers to ensure the design was correctly executed. When choosing Anú I looked at a wide selection of their previous designs. I was totally satisfied with the work and I will use them again and I am pleased to unreservedly recommend this team to any prospective author or publisher.

    Martin O’Halloran

    Author and Publisher