The Odyssey Bookshop

The Odyssey Bookshop

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name = The Odyssey Bookshop

type = Private subsidiary
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foundation = South Hadley, Massachusetts (1963)
founder = Romeo Grenier
location_city = South Hadley, Massachusetts
location_country = U.S.
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key_people = Romeo Grenier (Founder)
Joan Grenier
Neil Novik
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products = Books, magazines
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homepage = [http://www.odysseybks.com/ Official website]
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The Odyssey Bookshop is an independent bookstore in South Hadley, Massachusetts. In 2001, "The Odyssey" became the official bookstore for Mount Holyoke College. [http://www.odysseybks.com/abouttheodyssey.html]

It was founded by Romeo Grenier, who was trained as a pharmacist. In 1957, he bought and managed "Glesmann’s Pharmacy", which was located across the street from Mount Holyoke College. The pharmacy, however, began to reflect Grenier's interest in literature as it became a gathering place for author readings and book club events. In 1963, the pharmacy was converted into "The Odyssey Bookshop", managed and run by Grenier. [http://www.odysseybks.com/abouttheodyssey.html] During the 1980s, "The Odyssey" was damaged by two fires but "in 1991, the ownership of the business passed to Romeo’s daughter, Joan Grenier, who oversaw the re-location of the shop to its present location as the anchor store of the Village Commons. In 1998, Neil Novik joined the business as co-owner." [http://www.odysseybks.com/abouttheodyssey.html]

External links

* " [http://www.odysseybks.com/ Official store website] "
*" [http://odysseybks.blogspot.com/ Official store blog] "
* [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~dalbino/odyssey.html Photographs of the Odyssey]
* " [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/travel/escapes/16North.html?_r=1&oref=slogin In the Valley of the Literate] " - "New York Times"
*" [http://news.bookweb.org/m-bin/printer_friendly?article_id=1422 Public Radio Station Hosts Roundtable of Independent Booksellers] "


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