Backbeat Books and Music Posts

April 22, 2015 / Authors for Indies
April 21, 2015 / Stationery

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.…

April 20, 2015 / Authors for Indies
April 19, 2015 / 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…

April 17, 2015 / Music
April 10, 2015 / Music
April 9, 2015 / Books
April 7, 2015 / Authors for Indies
April 2, 2015 / Music
March 31, 2015 / Books
March 21, 2015 / Music
March 20, 2015 / Books

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…

March 16, 2015 / Books

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…

March 13, 2015 / Music
March 11, 2015 / Books

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…

March 4, 2015 / Music
February 27, 2015 / Music
February 25, 2015 / Books

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.…

February 20, 2015 / Music
February 18, 2015 / Music

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…

February 17, 2015 / Books

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…

February 13, 2015 / Backbeat Book Club

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!…