We promised more information about Authors for Indies and here it is! With less than two weeks till The Big Day, this week we’ll be presenting our “Getting to know…”…
Category: Books
The winners from our Record Store Day draw have all been called and messages left. They are: Chris V. – Pro-ject Elemental turntable Matt H. – flook d. doo record…
Here it is folks, all the details on our Record Store Day and 2nd “Re-Birthday” weekend sale. April 18-19-20, 2015. First we want to thank you so much for an…
With Record Store Day and our anniversary not too far away now, we thought we’d let you in on a contest we are having this year. Of course we will…
Backbeat Books & Music would like to congratulate Kim Thuy for winning the CBC Canada Reads 2015 competition with her barrier-breaking book Ru! We’d also like to give a big…
As an independent bookseller, we’re really excited that we can now unveil a unique upcoming event that we’re participating in…Authors for Indies! We’ve been working hard behind the scenes on this one and now…
One of the best things about living in Canada is our freedom. Not everyone’s so lucky and their reading materials can be censored or outright banned. Come and check out…
If you’re brave enough to brave the cold, you’ll be rewarded with a fresh selection of secondhand books! We just priced these and got them on the shelves last night.…
Did you see Fifty Shades of Grey this past weekend? We’ve got the paperback trilogy boxed set in our secondhand fiction section priced at just $14.95. New, it retailed for…
Are you as excited as I am for this year’s round of CBC Canada Reads 2015 books? We’re just over a month out from when the winner will be announced!…
In this case, seeing red is a good thing…take a look for the red-stickered new books on our shelves and you’ll save 70%! See that gorgeous Huckleberry cookbook right there?…
Hello good people. We are wrapping up the week here with a post about pretty much everything at Backbeat. First though just a quick note to let you know we…
What better day than Family Literacy Day to showcase this huge assortment of I Can Read books that arrived at the shop! We’ve brought in a whole bunch of fresh…
Here are our recent new book arrivals. It’s the perfect kind of day for sneaking a book under a blanket and not coming out until it’s done – the hard…
We just got in this super shipment for our younger readers. Whether your kids are into mysteries, fantasy, humour or uplifting stories, we’ve got something for them to enjoy! –…
We’re closed today and tomorrow for our winter hours but, in the meantime, here are the books that arrived in our shipment this week: – “The Back of the Turtle”…
Now that the new year is here, we’re switching to our winter hours. Starting this weekend, our store hours will be as follows: Sundays: Closed Mondays: Closed Tuesdays: 10 am…
Dan recently compiled his top albums of 2014, so I’m flat-out copying him and doing a list of my Top Ten Books of 2014. It was the year in which…
Hello good people, here are the details on our sale this coming weekend. We truly hope you had a great holiday and look forward to seeing you this coming New…
Thank you to all our great customers for a fantastic December at Backbeat Books and Music. All the best from our family to yours. However you celebrate, have fun, be…
Lots of newer releases to share with you today: a kids’ book, an adult book that looks like a kid’s book, books for young adults and some great fiction bestsellers.…
Still wondering what to get that certain someone? Don’t panic – we’ve got tons of ideas for you! Today, we’re focusing on our Backbeat bestselling books of 2014 to get…
Now available at Backbeat is A Cookbook for the Young at Heart – a collection of recipes put together by the Young at Heart (YAH) cooking program at The Table…