At the island gardens, the sweet peas, striking indigo with a contrasting yellow central splash, are swaying in a light ocean breeze....

This is an opening extract from We Swim To The Shark by Georgie Codd, out now from Fleet Books, £14.99. I’m up to my waist in dark water,...

When Georgie Codd decided to tackle her phobia of fish, she had more of an adventure in store than she bargained for. Determined to...

On the island one afternoon, we were wading into a conversation about the ocean. It’s a daily discussion here at Soneva Fushi, perhaps...

Since I have been at Soneva Fushi, I have become reacquainted with my love of running. Following my blog post about using the habit of...

The alarm beeps angrily at 6:20 in the morning and I throw out my hand to silence its sharp noise. For many island residents, this is not...

One perk of being the Barefoot Bookseller is getting to meet all the fascinating people that arrive on the island. Just before Christmas,...

To be brutally honest, I was not looking forward to the Christmas period this year. Despite the fact I was relaxed and settled into...

Last week I wrote about some of my favourite books from this year. This week, I present Part Two. As many of you curl up on sofas,...

The final month of the year is one of my favourite periods. The atmosphere is warm and filled with cheer, every week seems to be crammed...

Here is a sentence I have never written before: today, in my lunch break, I went scuba diving. I’m training to a be Professional...

My eyes closed, counting gradually to ten until my thoughts found their way towards something like something like silence.

I arrived on the island by speedboat, which if you ask me is a pretty exciting beginning to any adventure story.

Eleven large boxes are sitting in the corridor of my flat. In them are hundreds of books.

I have been doing my absolute best to avoid writing this blog post. In truth, it really should have been written last week, but I hid...

I’ve chosen some of my favourite literary shots about alcohol in fiction, spanning the full spectrum of the good, the bad and the...

I had barely touched the neck of the bottle when the cork popped of its own accord, launching itself out to the sky and then into the...

Please enjoy this blog in which I pair delectable chocolates from the Soneva Fushi Chocolate Room with the four books they remind me of....

C.S. Lewis once wrote that, ‘eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably,’ and to be fair to the man, he’s not wrong. At...

From absorbing non-fiction to the flowing prose of stunning short stories, here are 4 titles that will make you think twice about the...