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Apr 13, 20193 min read
HOW TO READ WATER
The decking bleeds into a darker shade of wood as the rain meets its skin, one large drop after one large drop. It feels like it is...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Apr 6, 20193 min read
5 books on their way to a screen near you
Inspired by Soneva’s Cinema Paradiso, I’ve put together a list of my top read-it-before-you-see-it suggestions. This is your fair warning...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Apr 6, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Mar 27, 20192 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Mar 19, 20192 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Feb 27, 20194 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Feb 19, 20193 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Jan 25, 20193 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Jan 18, 20193 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Jan 12, 20194 min read
International Plastics Conference
On 17th October, 2009, President Mohamed Nasheed conducted the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting to publicise the looming threat...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Dec 13, 20183 min read
Glasscycle Studio Tour
The techniques required for glassmaking have barely changed over the five-thousand years that glass has been made. During the Middle...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Dec 8, 20183 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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...
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Barefoot Bookseller
Nov 29, 20183 min read
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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