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CINEMA IN THE STARS
The same three sentences are spilling out from my mouth again and again as I wring my hands together. I’m given reason for pause only...
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Barefoot Bookseller
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min
5 books I brought with me
From my literary favorites to my new loves, here are the books I couldn't bear to leave behind when I moved to the Maldives We Tell...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Mar 27, 2019
- 2 min
Bookseller's Bootcamp
It’s just after seven in the morning and we’re jumping off the jetty. We’re on the sunrise side of the island and the jet black of night...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Mar 19, 2019
- 2 min
Barefoot Dreaming
Less than forty eight hours after arriving on the island, I was leaving. My first two days at Soneva Fushi had been so full of heady...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Feb 27, 2019
- 4 min
The Bookseller and The Sea
Writing in his memoirs in 1909, Charles Frederick Holder described, in heart-stopping detail, the moment his fishing boat was forcibly...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Feb 19, 2019
- 3 min
The Grand Opening
The day we’ve all been waiting for has arrived: the bookshop has opened its doors for business. Its interior is tea-pot-like, its...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
The Bookshop Music Quandary
Recently, a lyric from Leonard Cohen’s song Almost Like the Blues struck me at the exact moment I was reaching a climactic (though...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Jan 18, 2019
- 3 min
A Dolphin(less) Sunset Cruise
“The lady over there has two-million followers on Instagram,” I’m told as I prepare to make my introduction to everyone on board the...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Jan 12, 2019
- 4 min
International Plastics Conference
On 17th October, 2009, President Mohamed Nasheed conducted the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting to publicise the looming threat...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Dec 13, 2018
- 3 min
Glasscycle Studio Tour
The techniques required for glassmaking have barely changed over the five-thousand years that glass has been made. During the Middle...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Dec 8, 2018
- 3 min
Fresh Water in Maalhos
The people of Maalhos buy their water in 1.5 litre disposable plastic bottles. On average, a household of four will go through 72 plastic...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Dec 3, 2018
- 3 min
First Impressions
The jetty was about a metre and a half away from the bow and the boat was rocking like the sea was being stirred by a cosmic spoon. I...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
Introduction
Betteridge’s law of headlines claims that any headline ending with a question mark can be answered with a no. It’s a loud, exasperated...
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