Backbeat Books and Music Posts

April 28, 2017 / Authors for Indies
April 28, 2017 / Authors for Indies

While we are now unfortunately missing our main component – author Roy MacGregor who had to cancel due to a journalism assignment – we’re still going ahead and celebrating Authors…

April 26, 2017 / Authors for Indies
April 15, 2017 / Music
April 12, 2017 / Books
April 12, 2017 / Music
April 10, 2017 / Authors for Indies

Yet another reason to visit Backbeat on Saturday, April 29th for Authors for Indies: you can enter for a chance to win an original signed print by children’s author and…

April 7, 2017 / Music
April 6, 2017 / Authors for Indies

Author extraordinaire, Roy MacGregor, will be coming to Backbeat to help us celebrate Authors for Indies on Saturday, April 29th! We feel that he’s the perfect guest because he’s written…

March 31, 2017 / Turntables
March 24, 2017 / Music

With all the excitement of the Official Record Store Day release list coming out this week it would be easy to overlook some new releases that are arriving before that…

March 21, 2017 / Music
March 11, 2017 / Music
March 10, 2017 / Books

One section we’re currently expanding is our music book section. Pictured here are just some of our most recent arrivals. We have books about dead musicians, death-defying musicians, legendary bands,…

March 9, 2017 / Books

New in stock are the latest in the Ladybird/How it Works series. They’re just as hilariously twisted as the first round, so we’re sure you’ll love them! From crazy neighbours…

March 6, 2017 / Books

Movies are born of great storytelling which is why so many great movies’ first incarnations were as books. So many classics, fiction, non-fiction, thrillers and children’s stories have been translated…

March 1, 2017 / Books

It’s currently Freedom to Read Week in Canada. Taking place this year between February 26th and March 4th, it’s “an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm…

February 28, 2017 / Music
February 26, 2017 / Books

Backbeat has the books you want! Secondhand here doesn’t mean second-rate. We love to source relevant, of-the-moment secondhand titles that grab your attention and keep you reading. No musty, dusty…

February 17, 2017 / Music
February 16, 2017 / Music