The narrator is Julie Christie. A half century earlier, Ms Christie starred in the film Fahrenheit 451 (1966), adapted from the Ray Bradbury novel that was prominently featured in Bookshop.
Filmed in a small town in Portaferry, Co. Down
In the ending sequence, the cover of the book on which the movie is based is placed prominently among the other books.
Isabel Coixet's screenplay won the Frankfurt Book Fair prize for Best International Literary Adaptation 2017.
On 3 February 2018, it won three major Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.