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Four Books, Four Stories
There are some things a bookseller wants to keep private (like how many books they put aside when a new stock delivery arrives, their TBR...
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Barefoot Bookseller
- Jan 10
- 4 min
A Whole New World
The water slid under the surface and parted around the sides of the boat as we bound over relentless cresting waves. The trees crowding...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Dec 30, 2022
- 4 min
How did you get the “dream job”?
I want to take you back a little bit to the Summer. I know what you’re thinking; can you not, Melissa? I’m more focused on what 2023...
Malsa Maaz
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
Pinktober: Break the Silence
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month, nicknamed Pinktober, to increase awareness about the importance of early detection,...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
Books and Stars: My Journey from Day to Night by Shizu
My time with Soneva began as a casual employee at the second-largest kids club in all of South Asia, or what we in Soneva refer to as...
Malsa Maaz
- Aug 23, 2022
- 7 min
Visiting Author: Molly Oldfield
Hey book lovers! July was an exciting month. June-July is when we experience the monsoon season here in the Maldives… and when it rains...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Aug 16, 2022
- 1 min
A Look Back at JLF Soneva Fushi 2022
As we enjoy the quiet season here in the Maldives, we take a look back at the Jaipur Literary Festival. For the first time ever Soneva...
Malsa Maaz
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
End of an Era: Goodbye Georgie
For some reason, airports always inspire me to write. For the longest time, I’ve had writer’s block, perhaps because I haven’t had the...
Georgie
- May 15, 2022
- 13 min
JLF Soneva Fushi: A Bookseller's Diary
Day 1: Friday 13th May 2022 The festival began, as these things always do, with a deep-seated fear that it was going to be a washout, in...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Apr 25, 2022
- 5 min
The Sky Over Soneva
Words by Lars Lindberg Christensen & photos by Petr Horálek
Georgie
- Mar 13, 2022
- 6 min
Looking Up At The Stars
A night spent at the Soneva Fushi observatory, taught me to discover the link between storytellers and the stars.
Georgie
- Feb 15, 2022
- 5 min
At the Table: From MFK Fisher to Stanley Tucci
The best thing about working as Soneva Fushi’s barefoot bookseller is the unpredictability; you never know what adventures a new week...
Georgie
- Jan 26, 2022
- 7 min
Barefoot Bookseller Experience: A Bioenergy (Vibrational Stillness) Session
Almost six hundred people work together behind the scenes on Soneva Fushi to keep life on the resort flowing. There are many different...
Malsa Maaz
- Jan 15, 2022
- 7 min
Guest Blog Post: Courtney & Maddie
To introduce ourselves, we are Courtney and Maddy- two mentors from Oppidan Education who are based in London and travel to the Soneva...
Georgie
- Jan 6, 2022
- 5 min
The Books That Saved 2021
It’s uncontroversial to say that 2021 has been a difficult year. The majority of us spent far more time in our homes and under...
Malsa Maaz
- Dec 25, 2021
- 7 min
Christmas Stories From Around the World
As I am from the Maldives, Christmas is not a holiday I grew up celebrating. But the thing with Christmas is, even if you don’t...
Georgie
- Dec 24, 2021
- 4 min
A Life in Books
As so many previous Barefoot Booksellers have written here, finding out on a grey, wet day in the UK – and I can guarantee that nearly...
Malsa Maaz
- Dec 16, 2021
- 7 min
A World of Books
Hello book lovers! With the arrival of new book stocks and Philip's visit, I was kept quite busy the past few weeks. Philip and I...
Malsa Maaz
- Nov 27, 2021
- 6 min
Dolphins: Enchanting Voices in the Ocean
It has now been a bit over a month since I have been here at Soneva Jani, and that is how long it has taken for my flip-flop tan lines to...
Malsa Maaz
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Island State of Mind: A Sea of Stories & Sandy Toes
Wow! Where do I start? If someone had told me that I would be running a pop-up bookshop in Soneva Jani, on the infamous jetty which...
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