private subsidiary founded south hadley massachusetts 1963 founder romeo grenier headquarters south hadley massachusetts u.s. key people romeo grenier founder joan grenier neil novik products books magazines website official website the odyssey bookshop the odyssey bookshop is an independent bookstore in south hadley massachusetts . in addition to an extensive trade book selection the odyssey is the exclusive provider of textbooks for mount holyoke college . 1 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 . 2 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 . 3 external links edit official store website official store blog photographs of the odyssey in the valley of the literate new york times public radio station hosts roundtable of independent booksellers v t e mount holyoke college research five college radio astronomy observatory campus john payson williston observatory mount holyoke college art museum mount holyoke college botanic garden residence halls athletics mount holyoke lyons golf student life pvta & five college buses five college consortium people mount holyoke college people media the massachusetts review wfcr miscellaneous glascock prize the odyssey bookshop this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the odyssey bookshop & oldid 508654081 categories independent bookstores of the united statesmount holyoke collegeunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 august 2012 at 18 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view