BOOKS & WRITINGS 
- Collections and Recollections

  Compared to other, larger islands, very little has been published about Bequia - perhaps because people who know how special it is are loathe to share their secret!   However, any of the publications and articles listed below will give you a real feel for the island. All have been written or produced by individuals who share a deep affection for this very special place.


 Holiday Bequia
Holiday Bequia
  A handy sized comprehensive guide to Bequia and Bequia businesses, packed full of information. Published annually. Available from all SVG Tourism Offices, and everywhere once you get to Bequia. A must for visitors.

2012 On-line Version - click here

West Indies Publishing
Publishers of vibrant Caribbean magazines including 'Holiday Bequia' and other publications.


Ins & Outs of St. Vincent & the Grenadines

  A beautifully produced glossy magazine, full of articles, information, great photos - and an excellent Bequia section. Published annually. Available from all SVG Tourism Offices, and hotels, villas, guest houses, businesses and the Bequia Tourism Assocation office. www.insandoutsofsvg.com the online version
of The Ins & Outs of St. Vincent & The Grenadines.

The magazine can also be ordered online from www.barbadosbooks.com

Ins & Outs 2011 Bequia Saint Vincent
                          & the Grenadines



Bequia Sweet, Sweet, by Pat Mitchell
bequia MacMillan, 1994, 
ISBN 0-333-60952-2

  A tribute and guide to the island of Bequia in the St. Vincent & Grenadines. Fully illustrated with detailed text; an excellent, sensitive and perceptive overview.



Bequia Reflections, by Julie Savage Lea
MacMillan Education Ltd., 1999 
ISBN 0-333-73838-1

  A delightful collection of the artist's studies of Bequia and its people. 
Julie Lea has been a visitor to the island since 1978. She is now a permanent resident, with a house at Spring and an art studio in Belmont. Her affection for her island home radiates from every page.
BRING HOME THE COLOR!

julieslea@yahoo.com
www.juliesavagelea.com
Tel: (784) 455 4677

julie lea



St. Vincent & the Grenadines -
Glimpses, by Carol Nicklaus



Tales of Bequia, by Thomas Carl Thomsen
tales of
                      bequia Cross River Press, 1988
ISBN 0-945288-00-X 

  An intimate and very personal collection of accounts and anecdotes about Bequia and its people, by one of the island's earliest "expat" residents. 



Clean Sweet Wind:
Sailing Craft of the Lesser Antilles, by Douglas Pyle

Easy Reach Press, Maryland, 1981 

  A fascinating look at the history of boat-building throughout the Lesser Antilles with detailed accounts of the still surviving boat-building and whaling traditions on Bequia. Out of print, but well worth searching for.

clean sweet
                        wind


Alone in the West Indies, by Frederick Fenger 
Privately published, 1917
old
                        Bill Wallace

Whaler "Old Bill" Wallace (left) 
and the author on Bequia c. 1914

  Another one for history and sailing buffs. Sometimes the (then) all too accurate colonial attitude startles today's reader, but the writing never fails to give an extrordinarily vivid sense of the recent, but nevertheless long vanished past. 

  Reproduced in full, with contemporary photographs and illustrations on line: 
www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/mayan/alone_contents.html



Blows, Mon, Blows!
A history of Bequia Whaling by Nathalie Ward

blow Gecko Productions, 
Woods Hole, Maryland, 1995 

  A slim volume, but packed full of information, especially concerning the families of Bequia's illustrious "Old Bill" Wallace and "Pa" Ollivierre, and their contribution to the development of whaling on the island.



The Bequia Poems, by Richard Dey 
Macmillan Caribbean, 1988
 

Poetry from Bequia, by Silma Duncan
Privately published

  Bequian poet Silma Duncan works as a security officer at Bequia airport.
   Her delightful poems reflect a wide range of subjects and concerns - departing passengers often are entertained with an impromptu recitation after passing through security control!


     ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Bequia in the New York Magazine

Bequia in the New York Times

Bequia in the Daily Telegraph, UK

Bequia by a cruise ship lecturer 1

Bequia by a cruise ship lecturer 2

Epinions - Unbiased Reviews by Real People

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