It’s Sunday which means it’s time once again for A Nice Pair – our series where we pair up books and vinyl. Today we’re featuring the biography George Michael: The…
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Guess what? Backbeat turns 15 years old today! Back in ’95, these two kids never could have predicted that years later, they’d move to a super cool small town and…
A big thank you to everyone who came out yesterday and bought books on Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! The winner of our prize draw is…Lilli S.! Lilli won our tote…
Last week we celebrated the record side of Backbeat with Record Store Day and today we’re celebrating the book side with Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! While you’re out enjoying our…
This Saturday, April 25th is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! To celebrate, we’ll be doing a prize draw for a Backbeat tote filled with a selection of Backbeat Recommended Reads. Prize…
It’s Sunday which means it’s time for A Nice Pair – our weekly series where we match up music-based books and records. Today we’re pairing the book Not Dead &…
Not only do we love reading books, we love repurposing them! We started years ago with our book page wall and kept going from there. Have a few hours to…
Looking for some fun this weekend? It’s the Frost and Fire event in Perth and you won’t want to miss it! It’s jam-packed with some stellar outdoor activities for the…
It’s Sunday which means it’s time for A Nice Pair: our weekly series where we pair up books and vinyl. Today we’re matching up the book Metallica: This Monster Lives…
Did you make any food-related New Year’s resolutions? Maybe you want to eat more healthily or learn to bake or try more plant-based meals? Or maybe you’ve just resolved to…
It’s Sunday and we’re back with a Christmas-y nice pair…this week we’re pairing the biography Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small Hours by Tony Oppedisano with the album Christmas…
From puzzles and cards to trivia and soundboxes – and of course books and music – we have lots of on-theme gifts to help your home look, feel and sound…
This weekend is our Black Friday (and Saturday and Sunday) Sale!We know lots of you have been waiting for Black Friday to arrive and we’re just as excited as you.…
It’s Sunday which means it’s time for A Nice Pair: books and music that go together like two peas and a pod. Today we’re pairing the memoir Pandamonium!: How Not…
Looking for a great read? Just keep an eye out for books with Backbeat Recommended Reads tags on our shelves to discover books we’ve read from cover to cover and…
It’s Sunday, and we’re back with another Nice Pair: books and vinyl pairings that go together like dads and silly nicknames. Today we’re pairing the book Good Pop, Bad Pop:…
We recently expanded our used fiction section by a couple hundred or so additional books. More selection, more great reads! What are you reading at the moment?
It’s Sunday which means it’s time for A Nice Pair – books and records that go together like sunshine and an island getaway. Today we’re featuring the book The Islander:…
I’ve been on adventures all over the world this year without leaving my couch. I’ve spent time in London, Syria, Greece, South Africa…I’ve even time travelled! Looking for a great…
Travel is a luxury not all of us can currently indulge in…but for a single-digit fare, these books can take us all over the world. Where’s your favourite literary destination?
It’s Sunday and it’s time for A Nice Pair – books and vinyl that go together like Daylight Savings Time and a few extra swats at the snooze button. Today…
February is Black History Month and we have some hugely talented Canadian Black authors’ books on our shelves. Whether their stories are fictional or real, we are only enriched and…
We’re perpetually filling up our shelves with great used books for you – and we’ve just added a whole ton more! We strive to bring in books in amazing condition…
