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After 22 book drives, which resulted in more than $5 million distributed to school libraries and literacy work, this is a switch – our first bookless drive. No, we do not have books for you to buy.

Several notables from the Victoria writing community — including Steven Price, Lorna Crozier, and Carla Funk — scored nominations for the 2020 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize on Wednesday.

Music for the Pause, a series of livestreaming concerts created by musician Chloe Kim, airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m. through Sept. 11 with a slate of primarily Victoria-based musicians playing from Christ Church Cathedral.

Trent Frenkel made history twice on Wednesday, for being the first person to drop by the new sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ office with money in his hand, and for making the largest donation (so far) to the coronavirus edition of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Literacy Society.

Music for the Pause, a series of livestreaming concerts created by musician Chloe Kim, airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m. through Sept. 11 with a slate of primarily Victoria-based musicians playing from Christ Church Cathedral.

Organizers of the Victoria Fringe festival are streaming a smash hit from the 2019 festival for free this week to help fill the void left by the cancellation of the festival’s 2020 edition, which was scheduled to begin Aug. 26.

ON STAGE What: Gruff Where: Various locations When: Aug. 26 through Sept. 6 Tickets: Free Reservations: kaleidoscope.bc.

Music for the Pause, a series of livestreaming concerts created by musician Chloe Kim, airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m. through Sept. 11 with a slate of primarily Victoria-based musicians playing from Christ Church Cathedral.

Members of the Victoria Symphony are touring Victoria by open-air ­double-decker bus Saturday for a set of free shows in and around the downtown core.

Singer-pianist Ashley Wey is hosting an all-star fundraiser at Hermann’s Jazz Club Friday night benefiting a friend and a family member with mounting medical bills.