Me, Antman & Fleabag

by Gayle Kennedy

Overview

Take one woman, her partner Antman and their dog Fleabag, pack up the car, turn up the country music and you’ ve got one spirited road trip makin’ room for all the good things in life, like family, laughin’ , travellin’ and, best of all, love. Winner of the 2006 David Unaipon Award, Me, Antman & Fleabag is packed to the roof with wicked black humour, eccentric aunties, six-fingered redheads, and martyrs to the cause of sheep well-being – all carried along with a dose of Slim Dusty for good measure. Gayle Kennedy has a gift for telling tales and making them sparkle with warmth and pathos in equal measure. Me, Antman & Fleabag is a funny and incisive look at contemporary Indigenous life and the family and friends that make it up. So hold on to your boongalungs; this’ ll be a crackin’ ride.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702268564
Publisher:	University of Queensland Press
Publication date:	09/04/2024
Series:	First Nations Classics
Edition description:	Second edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gayle Kennedy is a member of the Wongaiibon Clan of NSW and was the Indigenous Issues editor and writer for Streetwise Comics from 1995-1998. In 2006 she won the David Unaipon Award for Me, Antman & Fleabag, which was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, a Deadly Award and was commended in the Kate Challis RAKA Award. Gayle has published eleven children's books as part of the Yarning Strong (OUP) series, and six of these were nominated for the 2011 Deadly Award for Achievement in Literature. Dr Jared Thomas is a Nukunu person of the Southern Flinders Ranges and the Research Fellow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Material Culture and Art at the South Australian Museum and the University of South Australia. His novel Calypso Summer (Magabala Books, 2015) joined the 2015 International Youth Library White Raven list of books that deserve worldwide attention because of their universal themes and exceptional artistic and literary style.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Jared Thomas ix How ta drink in the park 1 When Ronnie met Myrtle 4 The Grub 12 The counter lunch 15 The funeral goer 18 The golden wedding anniversary 20 Ma and Dad’s big trip 30 Shoppin with Aunty Pearlie 33 The water skiers 40 The show comes to town 43 Watchin a video with Aunty Joanie 49 Grandfather’s medals 50 Whitefulla dreamin 57 The hundred-dollar bill 62 Mothballs 68 The purebred pedigree 73 Me, Antman and Fleabag hook up 81 Livin on the moon 91 The drought breaks 92 Aunty Tibby 94 Court day 101 Bringin the old ones home 106 Acknowledgements 111