This new edition of The Antipode Room is published with a fictional preface by a new character Madame Flying Doctor, and a series of digital artworks. “Know thyself” is a Greek proverb. But what does it mean? Mysterious London art gallerist Ruby is jailed in Australia for the traumatic murder she cannot remember. When is forgetting a healing salve and when is it denial? So you can forget, you first have to remember. The fictional fugue novel is interwoven with psychological and literary case studies from Skilbeck’s non-fiction book The Writer’s Fugue, and also a series of digital pixel concrete artworks by the author.

Illustrated with digital art images by Ruth Skilbeck.

274 pages,

ISBN: 9780648299851 (ebook-pdf)

This book is also available in hardback, ISBN: 9780648580683 RRP $38.00. To order a hardback, email admin@borderstreambooks.com.au or purchase the 2024 edition from this book page.

Cover image: Ruth Skilbeck, 2019