The Write Bookshop was opened in 2001 by the late Hannelore Headley as Hannelore's Downtown Fine Books. Now, it's owned and operated by her brother Stephen Heinemann and sister-in-law Fran Merion. The Write Bookshop sells and purchases used books. With more than 100 000 books in inventory, the two-floor store has books in many categories. The store has many smaller rooms, subdivided by book walls or bookshelves.

For more information, check out The Write Bookshop's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/TheWriteBookshop?ref=stream

Monday : 9:30am - 5:30pm

Tuesday : 9:30am - 5:30pm

Wednesday : 9:30am - 5:30pm

Thursday : 9:30am - 5:30pm

Friday : 9:30am - 5:30pm

Saturday : 9:30am - 5:30pm

Sunday : Closed

From Toronto:

1. Travel on Queen Elizabeth Way following signs for Niagara/East Hamilton/Fort Erie.

2. Take the exit toward Lake Street/Regional Road 44.

3. Turn left (east) on Dunlop Drive.

4. Turn right (south) onto Geneva Street/Regional Road 46.

5. Slight right (south) onto St. Paul Street.

6. Destination will be on your right.

From Niagara:

1. Travel on Queen Elizabeth Way to Toronto.

2. Take the exit toward Niagara Street/Regional Road 48/Welland Avenue/Regional Road 77.

3. Merge onto Dieppe Road.

4. Slight left (west) onto Welland Avenue/Regional Road 77.

5. Turn left (south) onto Geneva Street/Regional Road 46.

6. Slight right (south) onto St. Paul Street.

7. The destination will be on your right.

The Write Bookshop has been in operation since 2001. Originally, it was opened by its former owner, Hannelore Headley, as an expansion of her first store located at 71 Queen Street. The Queen Street store is known as Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books. The current owners of The Write Bookshop are Stephen Heinemann and Fran Merion. Hannelore Healey Old & Fine Books shares a similar design and layout as The Write Bookshop.

Stephen Heinemann comes from a family of book sellers. Before being persecuted and fleeing to Shanghai, China, Heinemann's father, Heinz Heinemann, ran a book store in Berlin, Germany. While Naziism chased his family from Germany, Chinese Communism chased him and his family from Shanghai. In the short time that Heinemann's family lived in China, his father opened another bookstore there, naming it Western Art Gallery. From Shanghai, the family moved to Montreal, Canada, and they opened another bookstore there. Stephen owned and operated a bookstore in Kingston prior to moving to St.Catharines and managing Hannelore's Downtown Fine Books.

Stephen and Marion have been managing the shop since it was first opened in 2001. When Hannelore sold the store to her brother Stephen and sister-in-law Fran in 2002, the new owners renamed it as The Write Bookshop.

Fraser, D. (2011, January 21). Advent of e-reader doesn't discourage used-book sellers. St.Catharines Standard. Retrieved fromhttp://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2011/01/31/advent-of-e-reader-doesnt-discourage-used-book-sellers

Fraser, D. (2013, June 17). Longtime St.Catharines bookstore owner dies. St.Catharines Standard. Retrieved from http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/06/17/longtime-st-catharines-bookstore-owner-dies

Kimber, W. (2013, March 29). Write Bookshop. [Blog post]. Retrieved fromhttp://tomatoesfromcanada.blogspot.ca/2013/03/write-bookshop.html

Stephen Heinemann and Fran Marion

285 St. Paul Street
L2R 2M8 Municipality St.Catharines

Tel 9056848426
Email stepfran@hotmail.com

'near St. Catharines Downtown Terminal'