We’re excited to share that audiobooks are now available for purchase on our website.
Visit and click on the Audiobooks tab to start exploring.
At Paperbased Bookshop, we’re making it easier than ever to take your stories with you wherever you go:
Over 600,000 audiobooks to choose from
Every purchase supports independent bookshops
Membership credits never expire
And a real highlight—there’s a strong selection of Caribbean authors in the catalogue, so you can hear the region’s voices in full. It’s part of what makes the audiobook collection at Paperbased Bookshop especially rich—voices rooted in the region, available in a format that travels easily with you.
Whether you’re commuting, cooking, or just unwinding, there’s always a story ready for you to listen to.
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Sport Saturday 🏏
Celebrate a cricket legend with Larry Gomes: Mr Dependable - My Life in Cricket. Signed copies exclusively at Paperbased Bookshop.
A must have for cricket lovers, sports fans, and collectors alike 🎉
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Family Fridays. Tiny hands. Curious eyes. A story shared between generations. 💛
Baby Aurora is completely captivated as her grandma reads Tomorrow by Amanda Darwent and Ami Aqui Sirjoo — following every page, every word, and every moment together.
These are the memories books create: connection, comfort, imagination, and love. 📚✨
At Paper Based Bookshop, we believe reading starts long before a child can read on their own.
We have a wide range of children’s books for every little reader and every shared storytime. 🌈📖
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Table Book Thursdays ☕📚
This week’s coffee table feature celebrates the incredible wildlife of our islands with
Trinidad & Tobago Beyond Soca & Sand by Rose-Anne Reyes.
Filled with stunning photography and fascinating insight, this beautifully curated book highlights the rich biodiversity of Trinidad & Tobago — from colourful birds and tropical landscapes to the unique wildlife that makes our islands so special.
A wonderful addition for nature lovers, photographers, travellers, and anyone who appreciates the beauty of the Caribbean environment. 🌿🦜✨
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Wanderlust Wednesdays ✈️📚
This week’s literary escape takes us deep into the Caribbean with two unforgettable reads rich in atmosphere, folklore, and island landscapes.
🌊 The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey. A haunting and lyrical Caribbean tale inspired by folklore and the sea, The Mermaid of Black Conch follows the story of a fisherman who discovers a cursed mermaid off the coast of a small island. Rich with island atmosphere, love, longing, and myth, the novel blends magical realism with Caribbean history and culture in unforgettable ways.
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AUDIOBOOK https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781528893657-the-mermaid-of-black-conch
🌿 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys vividly captures the lush and haunting postcolonial classic set between Jamaica and Dominica. Sensual, atmospheric, and deeply emotional, the novel explores identity, isolation, race, and belonging against the vivid beauty and tension of the Caribbean landscape.
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Two books. Two journeys. Endless wanderlust. 📖✨
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Thoughtful Tuesdays 🌿📚
This Tuesday’s feature takes us deep into Tobago’s cultural history with
Wake People Wake The Sacred and the Profane by Rawle Winston Titus.
Part socio-anthropological study, part cultural reflection, this fascinating work explores the wake and funerary traditions once practised by early Tobago communities. Through rituals, superstition, spirituality, and beliefs surrounding death and the afterlife, the book offers a rare insight into customs that shaped generations of Caribbean life.
A compelling read for anyone interested in Caribbean history, folklore, anthropology, and cultural memory. 🌙
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✨ Pin collection drop ✨
Browse our available pins and find the perfect one to match your style 💖📌
Please note: some pins shown may already be sold out or low in stock. Availability changes quickly, so be sure to message or call us to confirm what’s currently available and for more info 📩☎️
Perfect for bags, jackets, lanyards, pencil cases & more ✨
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MYSTERY MONDAY 🔎
This week’s mystery spotlight shines on Caribbean author Jacob Ross - a master of atmosphere, memory, and suspense.
Dive into:
The Bone Readers
Black Rain Falling
Born in Grenada and later based in the UK, Jacob Ross is celebrated for blending Caribbean storytelling with gripping crime fiction. His work explores history, identity, and justice, all wrapped in richly layered mysteries that stay with readers long after the final page.
🕵️♂️ The Bone Readers introduces a detective with a rare gift for reading the past through bones, while Black Rain Falling continues the dark, atmospheric investigations in the fictional Caribbean island setting of Camaho.
Perfect for readers who love intelligent mysteries with unforgettable settings and strong Caribbean voices.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible moms, grandmothers, aunties, godmothers, and mother figures who fill our lives with love, strength, wisdom, and warmth 💐📚
Today we celebrate you — for the stories you share, the comfort you bring, and the countless ways you make the world softer and brighter.
Wishing you a beautiful day filled with love, laughter, rest, and maybe even a good book 💛
From all of us at Paper Based — Happy Mother’s Day 🌸
✨ The journey is complete. ✨
I’m so happy to share that the full Ava, Leo and Sass: The Return series is now available at Paper Based Bookshop in Port of Spain. 📚💛
This series has been such a special one for me to write.
Set against the quiet beauty of island life, The Return follows Ava, Leo, and Sass through friendship, belonging, family, and the gentle moments that shape who we become.
There are no loud adventures here.
No rushing.
Just real moments, warm connections, and the feeling of finding where you truly belong.
These books carry so much of my own memories, childhood experiences, and love for the Caribbean — especially the quiet rhythm of island life that stays with you long after you leave.
Seeing all three books together on a bookstore shelf feels emotional in the very best way.
📍 You can now find the complete series at:
📚 Paper Based Bookshop
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Thank you to everyone who has supported this journey — from the very first page to the final goodbye. 🌿
— Joanne Mohammed
(writing as Josie Sarana)
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Zellie loves her funky pins 😍
Have you gotten yours yet?
Perfect for book bags, jackets, pencil cases and adding a little personality to your day 💛
Stop by Paper Based and check out the collection!
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