The winter edition of British Columbia History magazine will be on its way to mailboxes as soon as the postal strike ends and will be available digitally in the meantime. Megan Koyanagi is the guest editor and the theme is Chinatowns. Stories include:

• Beyond Chinatown: The Chinese and English Phrase Book; by Imogene Lim
• A Match Not Made in Heaven, by Catherine Clement
• A Sense of Belonging: Chinese Societies, by Larry K.F. Chin
• Canned Salmon and China Lily: Chinese and Indigenous relations in Small-town British Columbia, by Sarah Ling
• Remembering Smithers Chinatown, by Kira Westby and Eric Holdijk
• Not So Uncommon an Oath: The “Chicken Oath” in BC Chinese Canadians’ Testimonies, by Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese
• Sharing Stories of My Chinese Community, by Elwin Xie

Plus we have regular contributions from Front Words columnist Mark Forsythe, writer-in-residence Spencer Legebokoff, and books editor Dalys Barney. Dalys also looks at The Longest Shot, a recent book celebrating the legacy of Larry Kwong, the first player of Asian descent in the NHL.

To subscribe or order individual copies go to https://www.bchistory.ca/magazine