This blog tracks the production of our forthcoming 20-minute film ‘The Last Bookshop.’
It tells the story of a young boy in an imagined future, who one day leaves behind his hologram entertainment and explores the abandoned old shop fronts outside. Down an alley he discovers the last ever bookshop. And inside, an ancient shopkeeper has been waiting over 25 years for a customer…
Produced by The Bakery in the South-East of England, filming took place in 2011, and post-production was completed in early 2012. The film is currently submitting to film festivals.
It is written by Richard Dadd, who also co-directs alongside Dan Fryer.
Location filming took place thanks to the kindness of the following shops:
Hall’s Bookshop – 20-22 Chapel Place, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1YQ
Baggins Book Bazaar – 19 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1PY
City Books – 41 High Street, Rochester, Kent
MR. Books – 2 Bank Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BL
David Drummond at ‘Pleasures of Past Times’ – 11 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ
Goldsboro Books – 23/25 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ
Treadwell’s – 33 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7BS
Greetings from Treadwell’s! Happy new year from all of us here. May 2012 bring The Last Bookshop to fruition and great success. Hope you are well, and that we will be lucky enough to get a visit from you soon. Fondly, Christina, Dianne and Kate at Treadwells in Store Street.
Why thank you, Treadwell’s! 2012 promises to be an exciting time for The Last Bookshop. Thanks for stopping by our blog, and keeping up-to-date with the project.
Hope all is well with you Christina and your coven of magical bookselling folk. As it happens, we chaps of The Bakery may well be paying you a visit before too long…