Good news! We are now accepting applications for a new Barefoot Bookseller at Soneva Jani Resort, deadline Monday 15th July. Bookselling...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The water slid under the surface and parted around the sides of the boat as we bound over relentless cresting waves. The trees crowding...

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...

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month, nicknamed Pinktober, to increase awareness about the importance of early detection,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Words by Lars Lindberg Christensen & photos by Petr Horálek

A night spent at the Soneva Fushi observatory, taught me to discover the link between storytellers and the stars.

The best thing about working as Soneva Fushi’s barefoot bookseller is the unpredictability; you never know what adventures a new week...

Almost six hundred people work together behind the scenes on Soneva Fushi to keep life on the resort flowing. There are many different...

To introduce ourselves, we are Courtney and Maddy- two mentors from Oppidan Education who are based in London and travel to the Soneva...

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...

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...