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. |
Ins and 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. Visit www.insandoutsofsvg.com, the
online version The magazine can also be ordered online from wwww.barbadosbooks.com: http://barbadosbooks.com/barbados_books_details.cfm?BookID=15 |
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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) |
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. |
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