Hello Humpback! by Oak Bay High grad Roy Henry Vickers and Victoria writer Robert B次元官网网址楲uckyB次元官网网址� Budd is shortlisted for the prestigious 2018 Bill Duthie BooksellersB次元官网网址� Award as part of the annual BC Book Prizes.

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Vickers is a renowned Indigenous carver, painter and printmaker based in B.C. With Budd, he is the co-author of the bestselling Northwest Coast Legends books series, all of which were shortlisted for the Bill Duthie BooksellersB次元官网网址� Choice Award.

Budd is the author of Voices of British Columbia, which was shortlisted for the 2011 Bill Duthie BooksellersB次元官网网址� Choice Award, and Echoes of British Columbia, which won second prize in the 2014 BC Historical FederationB次元官网网址檚 writing competition. He is co-author of the Northwest Coast Legends books series.

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