*✧ Swathi Singh

*✧ Swathi Singh

My library of little curiosities

My library of little curiosities

My library of little curiosities

In the corner of my room lies a white bookcase. Having moved more than ten times over two decades, my bookcase is the only artefact that has stood the test of time.

In the corner of my room lies a white bookcase. Having moved more than ten times over two decades, my bookcase is the only artefact that has stood the test of time.

In the corner of my room lies a white bookcase. Having moved more than ten times over two decades, my bookcase is the only artefact that has stood the test of time.

Here are a few precious publications that line my bookcase, as well as digital bookmarks I love to share with people.

Here are a few precious publications that line my bookcase, as well as digital bookmarks I love to share with people.

Here are a few precious publications that line my bookcase, as well as digital bookmarks I love to share with people.

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands

Judith Schalansky

Illustrated and typeset by author Judith Schalansky, this cartographic treat is an exploration of remote islands and their stories.

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A treatise on the science, art, and magic of freediving, our oceans, and the human body's capabillities.

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Emergence Magazine

My most cherished publication - a collective of writers and artists exploring ecology, culture, and spirituality.

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Josiah William-Gordon

An allegoric piece of art exploring freediving, love, and aspiration in the cenotes of Mexico.

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Portrait of a Woman and Her Camera

Zahra Amiruddin

Delving into boxes of forgotten photos by one of India’s earliest women photographers, Manobina Roy. Thanks to my brother-in-law, Sandeep.

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One Breath Around the World

Guillaume Néry

A powerfully artistic ode to how freediving can allow us to explore the wonders of our oceans, filmed on breath-hold by Julie Gautier.

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How Did We Get Into This Mess? Politics, Equality, Nature

The book that changed the way I look at the world. Ruthless, truthful, and incisive writing by Monbiot.

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A Woman in the Polar Night

Christiane Ritter

A marvellously written memoir of a year (1934-35) spent in the far north of Svalbard, a Norwegian island high in the Arctic Circle.

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The Soul of an Octopus

The emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.

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Spying on Whales

A lucid deep-dive into the natural history of whales and an artful portrait of our enchantment with them.

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Fishpeople tells the stories of a unique group of people who have dedicated their lives to the sea. Featuring Kimi Werner, Eddie Donnellan, Dave Rastovich, Matahi Drollet, Ray Collins and Lynne Cox.

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The Exhilarating Peace of Freediving

Guillaume Néry

In this breathtaking talk, world champion freediver Guillaume Néry takes us with him into the ocean's depths. Meter by meter, he explains the physical and emotional impact of holding your breath.

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I attribute a big part of my love for underwater photography to Shawn Heinrichs, whose remarkable story is featured in this show.

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An allegory. A truly heartfelt form of expression. A labour of love. A breathtaking piece of art written, directed, and performed by Julie Gautier.

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The Mermaid and the Gardener

An unspoken story of love beneath the waves—love for the oceans, its creatures, and between two people.

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Latitudes of Longing

Shubhangi Swarup

A spellbinding work of literature following the interconnected lives of people across India—from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert, to tell a love story of epic proportions.

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Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama.

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Superpowers On The Shore

A dazzling, assured look at some of the creatures with whom we share our world, our water, our monsoons, our beaches and the sandcastles therein.

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Steal Like an Artists

The book my creative soul NEEDED. A heartwarming treatise on unlocking your creativity by being open to influence, emulating your heroes' thought processes, and surrendering to the freedom of exploration.

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Oh Sh*t What Now?

Musings on everything from lucky breaks to the current state of design, the limitations of graphic design as self-expression, and a hell of a lot more.

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AIGA Eye on Design

The most exciting new design and the people who make it. A free online publication.

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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

Christina Thompson

A thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know.

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A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters.

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The Voice of the Natural World

A "soundscape ecologist", Bernie Krause illuminates what we can learn through nature's symphonies, from the grunting of a sea anemone to the sad calls of a beaver in mourning.

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Priya Thuvassery

An inspiring, need-of-the-hour tale of a homemaker from Tamil Nadu, who, through her paintings, has been trying to draw public attention to the devastating effects of climate change on marine life and coastal communities.

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Dulce: A Mother Guides Her Daughter Through a Rite of Passage

This short film tells the story of a mother patiently challenging her young daughter to face her fears.

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The Underwater Podcast

A deep dive in to underwater photography & cinematography, featuring interviews with underwater photographers, cinematographers, models, and freedivers.

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Tom Brown's Guide to Healing the Earth

Randy Walker and Tom Brown Jr.

Tom Brown, Jr. learned to respect nature from an Apache elder he called Grandfather as a child. Now, he shares his secrets for nurturing and saving the planet.

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

A historic exploration of gaps in power and technology between human societies -- environmental, genetic, and geographic.

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Blue Sky, White Cloud

With beautiful illustrations and rich prose, the three novellas in Blue Sky, White Cloud narrate stories from the perspectives of man and beast, showing us that, much like us, animals, too, have extraordinary stories to tell.

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The Outermost House

A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing.

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Climate Justice

This is a book about people whose livelihood is ruined by climate change and climate injustice. Yet it is also a celebration of their fight back.

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The Book of Nature

The best of Bond's writing on the natural world, not just in the Himalayan foothills, but also in the cities and small towns that he has lived in or travelled through.

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The Sea Around Us

The science and poetry of the sea, ranging from its primeval beginnings to the latest scientific probings (in 1951).

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The book that made me fall in love with our magnificent, vast, and inexplicably explicable wondrous universe.

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Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - a truly delightful read.

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The Science Magpie

A hoard of fascinating lists, facts, stories, poems, drawings, diagrams - and even jokes - across scientific disciplines.

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Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You

Did you know that there's so much empty space inside matter that the entire human race could be squeezed into the volume of a sugar cube? Or that you grow old more quickly on the top floor of a building than on the ground floor? And did you realise that 1 percent of the static on a TV tuned between stations is a relic of the Big Bang?

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The Book of Dog

Through a series of unforgettable real-life stories-funny, poignant, warm and joyous -- the authors celebrate the remarkable dogs they have known and loved.

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Arthur C. Clarke

A short story exploring the discovery of an artifact on Earth's moon left behind eons ago by ancient aliens.

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Patriarchy and the Pangolin

An unapologetically droll account of an agroforestry field research project involving trees, sundry creatures, and the Indian male. Thanks to my beloved Anannya.

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© Swathi Singh 2023