The second 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 psychological fugue novel is interwoven with excerpts from Skilbeck’s non-fiction book The Writer’s Fugue on nineteenth century medical history extracts, and a series of digital pixel concrete artworks also by the author.

Illustrated with digital art images by Ruth Skilbeck.

274 pages,

ISBN: 9780648299851 (ebook-pdf) https://www.borderstreambooks.com.au

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Cover image: Ruth Skilbeck, 2019