John Hatchard John Hatchard John Hatchard (1769–1849) was an English publisher and bookseller, in Piccadilly, London. The Hatchards bookshop there is still in business. Hatchard had a trial at the works of the printer Thomas Bensley. He then served on apprenticeship, with John Ginger of College Street, Westminster. He later became an assistant to Thomas Payne of Mews Gate, and went into business on his own account at 173 Piccadilly, London. Starting there in 1797, he had the largest business in the retail book trade in London after four years. In 1801 Hatchard moved from 173 Piccadilly to No. 189–190; in 1820
The Bookshop (film) The Bookshop (film) The Bookshop is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Isabel Coixet, based on the novel of the same name by Penelope Fitzgerald. The film stars Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, and Bill Nighy. This is the third collaboration between Patricia Clarkson and Isabel Coixet, after "Elegy" and "Learning to Drive", and the second 2017 film that features both Mortimer and Clarkson after "The Party". The film was shot in Portaferry and Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland, and in Barcelona, Spain during August and September 2016. The film won three Goya Awards, including Best Film, Best Director,