As you know, children’s author Sandra Bradley will be joining us next Saturday, April 30th for Authors for Indies. Have your children read her book yet, Henry Holton Takes the…
Tag: Books
How can you not judge books by their covers when they look as beautiful as these? Luckily the classic stories between the covers are just as great. We just stocked…
Check out these stacks of secondhand books we just brought in! There are too many titles to list, but we’ve filled out our Mystery/Thriller section with lots more recent titles,…
Ready for another music + book pairing? This week, we’re featuring the uber-talented wild child, Amy Winehouse. We recommend pairing her album Back to Black with a book written by…
Tired of the same-old, same-old when it comes to books? There is an endless sea of award winners, bestsellers, top tens, the lists go on and on…and while there’s nothing…
The snow out there today is beautiful and all, but it’s just so…white. What today needs is some colour! Good thing we just got more Staedtler pencil crayons in stock.…
Want to learn how to be the ultimate fangirl? Trying to figure out what the heck the KonMari Method is all about? Want to just stare at men with cats?…
As you well know, there are two halves that make up Backbeat: music and books. Some of our best-selling books are autobiographies and biographies about musicians…so we’re introducing a fun…
Do you like getting things for free? (Of course you do!) Are you part of our loyalty program for secondhand books? (If you’re not already, you should be!) For every…
Here it is Backbeaters! Our “Happy New Year To You Sale” is happening this weekend, January 2 and 3, 2016. There are some great deals to be had, don’t miss…
We’ve been stocking up on lots of goodies here lately – take a look at this amazing selection of secondhand books that we just brought in today! Just taking a…
It’s hard to believe, but we’re at the point now in the year when we’re really getting down to the wire when it comes to special ordering in new books…
Our little shop’s been lucky to have been featured in a couple of magazines, but no books to-date…maybe the author of this book will do a sequel? A Canadian version?…
You’ve got to love delivery day when you’re working at a record store. Today we received some sweet new releases (I am so stoked for the 10th anniversary Okkervil River…
Some of our customers collect vinyl, others collect books. When the two worlds collide, we end up with the perfect Backbeat blend… New at the shop is the book Vinyl:…
What’s an absolute must-have in a book and music store? Books about music! We’ve got autobiographies and biographies written by and about rap stars, country singers, jazz artists, riot grrrls,…
Did you grow up reading the beloved Mr. Men and Little Miss books? Well, they’ve been modernized for the times in parody format by Dan Zevin. These are not your…
At Backbeat Books and Music we pride ourselves in selling some of the best products available for you to get the most out of your vinyl. From the multi-award winning…
Tomorrow the winner of one of my favourite book awards will be announced: the Scotiabank Giller Prize! Who are you rooting for? As usual, the choices are diverse and explore…
Credited with helping jump-start this whole colouring book trend, Backbeat has a huge selection of them for you to choose from! Our customers are always excited to see what we…
Hey there good people. We’ve got three new vinyl releases to feature today. Deerhunter’s latest is getting some tremendous reviews, we all know you can’t go wrong with Brittany Howard’s…