Best job in the world? Luxury Maldives resort is hiring someone to run its pop-up book shop

If you love reading, have always dreamed of visiting the Maldives and happen to have some free time on your hands then read on...

A luxury five-star resort in the Maldives is hiring someone to sell books to A-listers and the super-rich on a desert island.

Philip Blackwell, who used to run the bookshop chain of the same name, is looking to hire someone to sell books to the wealthy at his pop-up shop at the Soneva Fushi resort.

Blackwell told The Guardian of the role: "The pay is derisory but the fringe benefits unparalleled," while also adding, "It’s a dream job for many people. If I was 25 again I would do it."

The successful candidate will be based close to the resort, where villas are "hidden among dense foliage on a private island," and cost up to nearly $26,000 per night to stay in.

They will write an "an entertaining and lively blog that captures the exhausting life of a desert island bookseller," as well as entertaining children with storytelling sessions and hosting creative writing workshops.

Interested applicants must be able to sign up for a period of at least three months and have "a passion for books," naturally.

"We want someone on the ground who is creative and inspiring and can maybe get more people to share the pleasure of reading, which is what people enjoy doing on holiday," Blackwell told the Guardian.

The listing was original posted on Book Brunch on 16 August 2018.