Paper Based Bookshop

Paper Based Bookshop Paper Based Bookshop is T&T's only Caribbean-speciality independent bookseller, established in 1987. Clair.

Proudly located at The Writers Centre, 14 Alcazar Street, St.

🌴 16 Stories✨ 16 Unique Voices📖 1 Rich Caribbean LandscapeLooking for something new for your TBR pile? Add 16: A Collect...
04/09/2026

🌴 16 Stories
✨ 16 Unique Voices
📖 1 Rich Caribbean Landscape

Looking for something new for your TBR pile?
Add 16: A Collection of Short Stories to your Short Story September reading list!

Edited by Jeanne Mason and Ian F. Ali, and featuring a foreword by Elizabeth Nunez, this collection showcases sixteen compelling stories by talented local authors.

From nostalgia and family ties to community, mystery and gripping dark crime fiction, 16 is filled with the authentic heart, humour, rhythms and complexity of Caribbean life.

🎁 Perfect as a gift.
📚 Perfect for your weekend reading.
🌴 Perfect for anyone who loves Caribbean stories!

📍 Pick up your copy today at Paper Based Bookshop and celebrate Short Story September with us!
Or visit us online https://paperbasedbookshop.com/shop/16-a-collection-of-short-stories-ed-jeanne-mason-ian-f-ali-37241

One month. So many stories. So many voices to discover. ❤️

THE WAIT IS OVER!Our first customer has officially collected their copy of The Disappearers by prize-winning author Marl...
03/09/2026

THE WAIT IS OVER!

Our first customer has officially collected their copy of The Disappearers by prize-winning author Marlon James — and that smile says it all! 😎

The latest novel from the acclaimed Jamaican author has already got readers talking, and with The Disappearers longlisted for the Booker Prize, the anticipation is REAL!

Our readers couldn’t wait to get their hands on this one — and now the first copy is officially out the door!

BOOK SPINE STORY: When Books Tell a StoryLOVE FORMS THE WAX CHILD… WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING. 👀Sounds innocent enough… unt...
02/09/2026

BOOK SPINE STORY: When Books Tell a Story

LOVE FORMS THE WAX CHILD… WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING. 👀

Sounds innocent enough… until you think about it.

What kind of love forms a wax child?
And what happens when no one is watching?

Three books. Three titles. One very suspicious little story. 🕯️📖

We love a good book stack, but sometimes the spines have a story of their own to tell.

Can you create a better story from these three titles?
Drop your version in the comments! 👇🏽

September is Short Stories Month at Paper Based! And what better way to begin than with The Peepal Tree Book of Contempo...
01/09/2026

September is Short Stories Month at Paper Based!

And what better way to begin than with The Peepal Tree Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories

Since 1985, Peepal Tree has published around 45 collections of Caribbean short stories, celebrating a form that is truly at the heart of Caribbean literature. This powerful anthology brings together stories from across the Anglophone Caribbean and its diasporas, offering a rich and varied picture of the Caribbean over the past twenty years.

From ghettos to gated communities, villages to city streets, these stories explore the lives, landscapes and issues shaping our region. Expect everything from satire and gritty realism to magical realism, folklore, horror, crime and the speculative.

Featuring an incredible line-up of writers including Rhoda Bharath, Kevin Jared Hosein, Barbara Jenkins, Cherie Jones, Sharon Millar, Olive Senior, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw and many more, this is a collection made for readers who want to travel across the Caribbean—one story at a time.

Short stories. Big worlds. Caribbean voices.

Pick up your copy and join us as we celebrate Short Stories Month throughout September!

Independence Day — 64 years of Trinidad & Tobago, our stories, our people, our culture and everything that makes this li...
31/08/2026

Independence Day — 64 years of Trinidad & Tobago, our stories, our people, our culture and everything that makes this little twin-island nation so special. 🇹🇹

So today, we’re bringing a little Red, White & Black to our bookshelves!

From Caribbean stories and local voices to fiction, poetry, children’s books and everything in between — there’s always a story waiting to be discovered at Paper Based.

Happy Independence Day, Trinidad & Tobago! ❤️🤍🖤

Thank you for continuing to support our little bookshop and for helping us celebrate and share the stories of our Caribbean.

We will be closed on Monday for Independence Day. Have a safe day!We will be back on Tuesday 10am.
29/08/2026

We will be closed on Monday for Independence Day.
Have a safe day!
We will be back on Tuesday 10am.

TBR SPINE STORIES!!!!Sometimes you don’t choose the story… your books do! 😂Here’s what our TBR pile came up with today:A...
28/08/2026

TBR SPINE STORIES!!!!

Sometimes you don’t choose the story… your books do! 😂

Here’s what our TBR pile came up with today:

A Morning at the Office
Moses Revealed
Masqueraders,
Selling Fashion Collections

Not quite sure what happened at that office, but we definitely want to read it!

What story can you create from YOUR TBR stack?
Drop your spine story in the comments!

Remembering Dolly 💛A voice like no other. A storyteller, songwriter, performer—and perhaps most importantly, a champion ...
27/08/2026

Remembering Dolly 💛

A voice like no other. A storyteller, songwriter, performer—and perhaps most importantly, a champion of books and the power of reading.

As we remember Dolly Parton, we’re celebrating a woman whose legacy reaches far beyond music. Through her Imagination Library, she helped put millions upon millions of books into the hands of children around the world.

And now, you can spend a little more time with Dolly through her audiobooks. 🎧📚

🎧 Explore Dolly Parton’s audiobooks https://libro.fm/search?page=2&q=Dolly+Parton

Thank you, Dolly, for reminding us that stories can entertain, inspire, educate—and change lives.

Rest easy, Dolly. 💛📚✨

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness — Arundhati RoyA sweeping, unforgettable story that moves through the streets of Delhi,...
26/08/2026

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness — Arundhati Roy

A sweeping, unforgettable story that moves through the streets of Delhi, the valleys of Kashmir, and the lives of people caught in the turbulence of a changing India.

With her trademark lyrical prose and fearless storytelling, Arundhati Roy brings together a cast of unforgettable characters whose lives intersect in unexpected and deeply moving ways. A story of love, loss, resistance, hope and the search for belonging.

A powerful, beautifully written novel that stays with you long after the final page.

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14 Alcazar Street
Port Of Spain

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Monday 10:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 17:00
Thursday 10:00 - 17:00
Friday 10:00 - 17:00
Saturday 10:00 - 17:00

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