I just got back from a little trip away and so, of course, I brought you all back a little something – more secondhand books to choose from! There are…
Category: Books
Although the big Sidewalk Sale was on Saturday, now it’s Monday and what Monday couldn’t use a little pick-me-up? So, we’re keeping the book sale going! Till Sunday, July 27th…
This week, we have lots of yummy books for you to devour… – “The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey” by David Haskell…
It’s the middle of the week and we’ve got some new book titles in for you to enjoy: – “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls” by David Sedaris A guy walks…
For all of you Divergent and Tobias (aka: Four) fans out there – and we know there are lots of you – the day you’ve been waiting for is finally…
A nice collection of new books just arrived at the shop in time for the weekend. Whether you’re heading to the cottage or lounging at home in the hammock, let…
In the summer 2014 issue of Ottawa Magazine they have done a feature on Perth and some of the fine local businesses in town. They featured Backbeat as part of…
We’re stocking the shop for summertime fun and just brought in another great big load of secondhand books. As usual, there’s lots of variety in this batch, but there is…
We just wanted to highlight a couple of local books that have recently come to our shop. Both are great choices for gift-giving, for tourists or for proud Perth residents.…
Some new books arrived today, ready for reading outside in the sunshine! Most of these are mainly for our younger and teen customers: – “Cold Antler Farm: A Memoir of…
We wouldn’t leave out our graphic novel fans! In fact, the lot is so huge, we needed a whole other post just for this genre. We’re always adding to our…
As promised, there is another huge lot of great secondhand books now at the shop! There is a really good amount of very recent releases – many titles from 2013…
I just got back from one of my favourite excursions…secondhand book shopping! This is just load one of two (or maybe three) coming into the shop this week. There is…
We now have the Rock-Ola 496 (1988) jukebox setup up and loaded with 45s at the shop. Since it is an 80s vintage we decided to put mostly 80s music…
Just a little delivery again today – this one contains lots of opportunity for colouring! Starting off the pack is: – “Maisy’s Placemat Doodle Book” by Lucy Collins Color, doodle,…
Just a tiny shipment of new titles today – the rest of the box contained re-stocks of favourite titles. New books to the shop span rubber bands, invention, peculiar children,…
We love it when kids of all ages walk through the door at Backbeat. We aim to keep our children’s books affordable to encourage kids to pick up a book…
Please join Backbeat Books & Music for a fun, casual reading to celebrate the launch of Greg Bechtel’s debut book Boundary Problems, on Saturday, May 10th. Secrets, paranoia, conspiracies, and…
Who knew a little cardboard box could contain wallflowers, mysterious disappearances, unlikely heroes, the greatest train ever built, mysterious voices and the secrets of an It girl? Today’s delivery definitely…
Just a small order came in today, but we’ve got some great titles encompassing such diverse topics as suicide, walking, bikers, South Africa, demons and moons: – “All My Puny…
So here are the details on Record Store Day and our 1st “re-birthday” at Backbeat. Fancy poster to come later – we just wanted to get the details out today…
Just came back from a buying trip and look what we’ve brought in…manga galore! Every single one of these secondhand books are in amazing like-new condition and are priced well…
When you think of secondhand books, do you think of musty old behind-the-times books with ragged edges and faded covers? The above picture is just a sample of recent secondhand…
