Archive - Notes from Three Pines

What to Read if You’re Out of Louise Penny Books

We’ve rounded up suggestions from “Three Pines” super fans

Dec 21, 2022

The Poetry of Three Pines

Poetry is sprinkled throughout Penny's books, each featuring a few lines or a dozen or a hundred

Nov 16, 2022 •

Five Penny’s for Your Thought: The Best of Armand Gamache

An attempt to select Penny's five best

Oct 12, 2022

Ducking Good: How Penny Uses Pets to Show Goodness Exists

Is there a stronger embodiment of all things good in the world than the animals we love

Nov 23, 2022 •

Healing and Harm in The Gamache Books

What compels me is the grace that Penny writes about in the characters struggling to heal.

Dec 7, 2022 •

Beyond the Village: Traveling with Inspector Gamache

My favorite Gamache adventures are the ones in which he goes traipsing about in other places

Nov 11, 2022 •

Melissa Joulwan

For Discussion: Still Life

Feb 22, 2023 •

Are You Afraid of the Dark? Queer Guilt and Olivier in A Brutal Telling

On lies and life in the closet

Oct 19, 2022 •

Aya Martin Seaver

Announcing the Gamache Read-a-Long

Read — and discuss — the Louise Penny series with us

Jan 13, 2023 •

What did you think of "A World of Curiosities"?

We can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Louise Penny’s latest book!

Dec 14, 2022 •

Poets, They're Just Like Us

Ruth Zardo and the Loveable, Uncomfortable, Truths

Nov 9, 2022

Louise Penny Transported Me Home When I Needed it Most

I’m a proud Townshipper. Penny knows what makes the region special

Sep 28, 2022 •

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