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Are you Soneva Jani's next Barefoot Bookseller?
Good news! We are now accepting applications for a new Barefoot Bookseller at Soneva Jani Resort, deadline Monday 15th July. Bookselling...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Feb 145 min read
New Barefoot Bookseller: Jen
I’m writing this blog post from a beach in the Maldives, on Christmas Eve. That’s a sentence I never thought in a million years I’d...
Malsa Maaz
Jul 13, 20236 min read
Missing you, Melissa!
Melissa, it’s been great having you as the better half of Team M&M, but unfortunately, good things don’t last forever, and the time has...
Barefoot Bookseller
Apr 22, 20233 min read
Stuck in The Middle (of a Reading Rut) with You
Often when I’m chatting to a fellow bookworm, I ask what they like to read, what they’ve bought with them to Soneva Fushi and do they get...
Barefoot Bookseller
Jan 31, 20234 min read
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...
Barefoot Bookseller
Jan 10, 20234 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 202213 min read
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, 20225 min read
The Sky Over Soneva
Words by Lars Lindberg Christensen & photos by Petr Horálek
Georgie
Mar 13, 20226 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20217 min read
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...
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