Next up in our series of “Getting to know…” interviews is author Charles de Lint. Charles will be at Backbeat from 12 – 2 pm on Saturday, May 2nd as…
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We’ve had such a great response to our ecojot stationery that we’ve expanded our selection! We’ve got a much wider range of greeting cards and journals to choose from now.…
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 is the obligatory Record Store Day “Money Shot”. We once again have had a good fill of titles that we ordered but quantities are certainly limited but there are…
Hello good people. A nice load of new vinyl to dig into today so we are getting right at it, no time for chit chat. Finally got in…
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…
Hey there good people. Check out this new record frame called “Records On Walls” we are now carrying. We just received them today and it literally took me 2 minutes…
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…
Hello good people, spring is here and that’s a good feeling. We’ve had an extraordinarily busy winter so a huge thank you to our great customers, yeah you! Now we…
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…
Hello out there. Lots of new releases we are featuring this week so we are going to get to them right away. If you are looking for info on recent…
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…
It’s already March! We’ve got a handful of featured March releases here for you people to sample and pick a favourite. Certainly have to dig into these some more but…
– UPDATE – April 2, 2015 – Well it has been a few weeks and there are only a handful more items added, we’ve reached the limit I guess. This…
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.…
Seems like it’s re-issue week around here. Certainly DJ Shadow’s album “Endtroducing…” has to be the pick of this week as it is likely on most peoples must listen /…
Hey folks. So the new stuff on vinyl this week isn’t so new, but some long awaited re-issues. Still waiting for a couple more Nick Cave re-issues but they should…
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…