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Born: Established: London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Arts Features International : Facing the Future Ruth Skilbeck (editor), Newcastle : Borderstream Books , 2019 17887618 2019 anthology poetry essay criticism short story
1 y separately published work icon The Antipode Room Ruth Skilbeck , Newcastle : Borderstream Books , 2019 15428088 2019 single work novel crime

'“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 mystery novel is interwoven with art and medical history extracts, as Ruby time travels and revisits the past hoping to find the truth. This novel is interwoven with a series of digital pixel concrete artworks by the author to which the photographic series in companion volume Sayonara Baby-Fragments of Memory Images responds.' (Synopsis)

1 y separately published work icon Escape Artists Anthology Ruth Skilbeck (editor), Adamstown : Borderstream Books , 2018 14960568 2018 anthology short story essay autobiography poetry prose lyric/song interview

'Escape Artists Anthology comprises a literary interarts compilation of creative and critical works by authors and artists from around the world including essay, memoir, short story, poetry, song lyrics, art, and interview. The themes include: taste, longing and melancholy; speculative fiction; and fascinations with phenomena such as UFOs, "aliens", spacecraft, telepathy, and fugue in art and literature and what these signify as metaphors and/​or literally about: contemporary society, and the inner journeys of the self in relation to others and forms of social media community, in this time of disruptive global technological change.

'The anthology was conceived and created in Newcastle, Australia, in a 19th century post and telegraph office. Read the story of how it began in the anthology.'   (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Café Life in the Antipodes Ruth Skilbeck , Adamstown : Borderstream Books , 2018 14919486 2018 single work novel crime

'In 1980 Adelaide was in the grip of serial killers targeting young people in the counterculture. Roxanne arrived to study arts. She moved into an art student house by the beach where artists were pushing the limits of art, love and life. She met Raymond. Then mysteriously housemates started disappearing. A fictional memoir set against a backdrop of real events, unsolved disappearances and the "Family murders."'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Arts Features International : Under the Radar Ruth Skilbeck (editor), Newcastle : Borderstream Books , 2017 15428140 2017 anthology poetry short story drama essay interview

'Escape Artists Anthology comprises a literary interarts compilation of creative and critical works by authors and artists from around the world including essay, memoir, short story, poetry, song, soundtrack, art, and interview. The themes include: taste, longing and melancholy; speculative fiction; and fascinations with phenomena such as UFOs, "aliens", spacecraft, telepathy, and fugue in art and literature and what these signify as metaphors and/or literally about: contemporary society, and the inner journeys of the self in relation to others and forms of social media community, in this time of disruptive global technological change.' (Synopsis)

1 y separately published work icon Sayonara Baby - Fragments of Memory Images Ruth Skilbeck , Newcastle : Postmistress Press , 2016 10499284 2016 single work novel crime thriller

'A book of photo art works by Ruth Skilbeck, and short excerpts from psychological fugue fiction novels in her Australian Fugue Series, including a poem. The art series responds to a mysterious series of pixel concrete artworks in The Antipode Room and is presented in the form of a catalogue of an exhibition in the new gallery space The Antipode Room at the (fictional) Ruby Love Gallery, in London.'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Australian Fugue : Missing Ruth Skilbeck , Adamstown : Postmistress Press , 2015 9204299 2015 single work novel thriller

'Imagine if you forgot yourself, disappeared, and created a new self and life in a place where you are a stranger—how long would it be until the past caught up with you? The mysterious art dealer, the Countess Rivers, is in jail for the traumatic murder she cannot remember. As she paints and writs, readers are taken on her last art collecting trip, that did not go according to plan. From the art world in London to a community of mind-altering artists in Australian rainforest and cities, a lost object of desire returns with unforeseen consequences. Fugue techniques orchestrate the choir singing in this polyphonic psychological thriller told through the conflicting sexual-emotional perspectives of academic Sir Hugo Rivers, who is researching sexuality, and Ruby, his younger wife. What is the significance of the violinist and the music haunting her? ' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Australian Fugue Ruth Skilbeck , 2015 Newcastle : Postmistress Press , 2015 10499243 2015 series - author novel
1 Slugs i "Clogging the gutters", Ruth Skilbeck , 1980 single work poetry
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 8 no. 1 1980; (p. 71-72)
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