‘Barefoot bookseller’ sought to run island bookshop in Maldives

Luxury resort says island is virtually Covid-free and wants a live-in book lover to provide guests with bespoke help for their reading journeys'

For those in dismay at the prospect of wet, dark evenings and social isolation this autumn, a luxury desert island resort in the Maldives is looking for a live-in bookseller to start next month.

The eco resort of Soneva Fushi, on Kunfunadhoo Island in the Maldives, has played host to three barefoot booksellers" since 2018: the most recent, Chrissy Ryan, left in April as the coronavirus pandemic swept the world. But with the Maldives reopening to international visitors, Soneva Fushi is now in need of a bookseller to run a smallshop on the private island, with the contract set to run from the end of October until after Easter.