- Short
“flash readings” by local authors Cammie McGovern and Roland
Merullo
- Book
recommendations from Odyssey staff and publisher representatives
- Tasty
snacks, and wonderful raffle prizes
- An
opportunity to share your group’s successes and to hear what’s
working well for other local groups.
- Books
purchased at the event will be discounted 20%.
Is there a book or two that sparked a particularly
wonderful discussion in your group over the past year? Write us a short
blurb (by May 27) to share with other groups at the event.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged (413-534-7307
or odysseybookgrp@gmail.com).
For more information, or to share your year's favorite books, please
contact book group coordinator Elli Meeropol at odysseybookgrp@gmail.com.
Book
Group Discounts
The
Odyssey offers 20% off book group selections, if you order five or more
per title at least two weeks in advance of the date you need them, to
be picked up by one person. To participate in
this discount program, you must register your group with the Odyssey.
Click here for a simple online
registration form. The
best way to place a book group discount order is using our online request. You may also call the store with the necessary information. When the books
come in, we’ll call the contact person and place the books behind the
counter to be picked up. Please give us plenty of time, so we can have the books available
– most groups like to have the books in hand a full month before the
meeting at which they’ll be discussed.
Store-sponsored
Book Groups: These groups are free and open to
the public; pre-registration is not required. The month's selection for
store-sponsored groups is discounted 20% for group participants.
Literary
Fiction: The Open Fiction Book Book,
led by Elli Meeropol, meets on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Crime
Fiction: Neil Novik, one of the owners of the Odyssey, leads
the Odyssey Crime Club
at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of every month.
Sundays
with Shakespeare: This discussion group is led by Arthur
Kinney, director of Renaissance Studies at UMASS. It meets at 11 a.m. on
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Joy of book
groups:
A message from Elli
Hello!
My name is Elli Meeropol and I’m the book group coordinator at the
Odyssey Bookshop.
Gathering
in small groups to talk about books draws us together in very powerful
ways. We learn to understand books from the rich perspective of other
readers. And book groups are so much fun.
My
job is help your group –
with discounted books, resources, book selection ideas, or inviting an author to
meet with your group.
We
try to maintain an up-to-date list of book groups in the Valley (which is
sort of like herding cats). In response to your telephone calls and emails
asking for help in locating book groups in the area that welcome new
members,
Book Group Central will open soon at this web site.
If you would like your book group contact information to be listed here, please contact
me at the email address below.
Readers
& Writing
Since
so many readers also write fiction, the Odyssey now offers writing
workshops. The first three sessions have been very satisfying and we
will start a new workshop in the fall. If you are interested
in more information or would like to register, please let me know.
Finally,
check out the Odyssey staff's favorite paperback books for book group
discussions here.
Elli
Meeropol
odysseybookgrp@gmail.com
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