Local author, Randy Ferrier, dropped by the shop the other day and left us with some copies of his first book, which is about aging and the many decisions surrounding…
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As a bookshop with a Canadian focus, we’re excited to hear the shortlist for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize! The finalists are: David Bezmozgis for his novel The Betrayers Frances…
Hey there good people. If you follow us on Facebook you will have already seen a couple posts on the recent vintage vinyl arrivals. If you don’t follow us on…
So excited about this week’s arrivals – there are some truly great and highly-recommended books in this bunch – and signed books by Ann-Marie MacDonald! Decisions, decisions…what book are you…
While nothing can ever replace my Bauhaus picture disc (it is the one record in this shop not for sale) these Disney picture discs sure are pretty sweet. Aladdin, Beauty…
We’re so excited to let you know that Backbeat now carries stationery! It’s something we’ve been considering adding to our shop for a while now, but we needed to find…
Hello good people. We’ve got a few recent releases on vinyl to feature which are excellent albums to start autumn with. As always you can check out the details and…
Hey good people. Just a quick post on some recent releases now in stock. Plus, scroll down to check out what new vinyl is 20% off. Have A Nice Life…
UPDATE – November 19th, 2014 – We’ve been posting since early September all the releases available to us and you. This is the last update before Black Friday on the…
Some new books have arrived just in time for fall! The new titles are listed here, but we have also received some reorders of Backbeat best-sellers that aren’t pictured. –…
Hey there good people. If you haven’t been by the shop in some time you’ve been missing out on the recent additions to our vintage vinyl collection here at Backbeat…
This week, we have lots of yummy books for you to devour… – “The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey” by David Haskell…
It has been awhile since we talked new vinyl. So finally we have some releases to mention. Yes, the Led Zeppelin Deluxe 2LP Re-issues are here! That was some wait,…
A nice collection of new books just arrived at the shop in time for the weekend. Whether you’re heading to the cottage or lounging at home in the hammock, let…
In the summer 2014 issue of Ottawa Magazine they have done a feature on Perth and some of the fine local businesses in town. They featured Backbeat as part of…
We’re stocking the shop for summertime fun and just brought in another great big load of secondhand books. As usual, there’s lots of variety in this batch, but there is…
We just wanted to highlight a couple of local books that have recently come to our shop. Both are great choices for gift-giving, for tourists or for proud Perth residents.…
There have been several big releases the past month that we have mentioned and have in stock, including The Black Keys, Jack White, Coldplay and the Led Zeppelin re-issues but…
As promised, there is another huge lot of great secondhand books now at the shop! There is a really good amount of very recent releases – many titles from 2013…
I just got back from one of my favourite excursions…secondhand book shopping! This is just load one of two (or maybe three) coming into the shop this week. There is…
This year the Stewart Park Festival will be held July 18-20, 2014. It is a free festival for the whole family with three days of music in Stewart Park, part…
We now have the Rock-Ola 496 (1988) jukebox setup up and loaded with 45s at the shop. Since it is an 80s vintage we decided to put mostly 80s music…
A few new releases to talk about and a bunch of new additions to our regular inventory. We are getting tight on space for vinyl right now, but are making…
Just a tiny shipment of new titles today – the rest of the box contained re-stocks of favourite titles. New books to the shop span rubber bands, invention, peculiar children,…
