Nicky Dunne

Spear’s Review

Nicky Dunne has been running Heywood Hill, the 1936-founded bookseller which covers two floors of a Georgian townhouse on London’s Curzon Street, since 2011.

The shop takes on a large number of library commissions, including subject-specific libraries in private homes, hotels and businesses worldwide, and offers a popular book subscription service. Clients find the firm via word-of-mouth, as well as positive publicity, ‘because of the quality and charm of our services’, Dunne tells Spear’s. ‘Extraordinarily interesting people from around the world somehow find their way to our little shop.’

People are amazed at the care and passion that Heywood’s booksellers bring, Dunne adds. ‘Our subscribers love that we get to know them individually, and the intense interest that we bring to getting it right is tangible.’