Richmond Now and Then: An Anecdotal History - Nick Fonda

A collection of well-written articles on the history and people of the Richmond, Quebec area.  Covers earliest time up to recent days.  Worth browsing through again.

Kingdom of the Blind - Louise Penny

A sequel to most recent Gamache book about drug smuggling across the Quebec border.  This is an excellent book, moving between the peculiar peace of Three Pines and the underworld of Montreal's drug scene.  I think it is her best book so far. 

Principals and Other Schoolyard Bullies - Nick Fonda

A collection of short stories by an Eastern Townships writer from Richmond.  The stories focus on childhood lives and school experiences.  I sympathize with the issues and criticisms he brings up around school culture and its effect on children and parents.  The last story is interesting - in a very tentative way, it seems to be an exploration of cultural difference and perhaps even underlying prejudice within the French school system in Quebec.

Hanging Fred and a Few Others - Nick Fonda

Subtitled "Painters of the Eastern Townships"

An interesting read, not so much because of the elements of Frederick Coburn's story, but because of all the different painters associated with the Townships that you find out about in the course of the book.  Then you get to look up their work on Google Images.
It is a very active artistic region.