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
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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
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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 The magazine can also be ordered online from www.barbadosbooks.com |
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Bequia Sweet, Sweet, by Pat Mitchell
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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.
julieslea@yahoo.com |
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St. Vincent & the Grenadines -
Glimpses, by Carol Nicklaus
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Tales of Bequia, by Thomas Carl Thomsen
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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. |
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Alone
in
the
West
Indies,
by Frederick Fenger
Privately published,
1917
Whaler
"Old Bill" Wallace (left)
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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:
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Blows, Mon, Blows!
A history of Bequia Whaling by Nathalie Ward
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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
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Bequian
poet Silma Duncan works as a security officer at
Bequia airport. |
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Bequia
in the New York Magazine
Bequia
in the Daily Telegraph, UK
Bequia
by a cruise ship lecturer 1