Victoria's William Goede has a collection of short fiction, Love in Beijing (Cormorant $10.95), examining the comedy and emotional claustrophobia of life in the Youyi Binguan, or Friendship Hotel, in Beijing, where foreign experts are housed. The book is published by a mail order press operated by Vancouver born poet and editor Gary Geddes, c/o R.R. 1, Dunvegan, Ontario, KOC 1JO.

[Winter / BCBW 1989]