Me, Antman & Fleabag: First Nations Classics

(Paperback, 2nd ed.)

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Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Jared Thomas, Me, Antman & Fleabag is full of black humour - a warm and deliciously funny story of life on the road. 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.

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Gayle Kennedy was born in Ivanhoe, NSW. She is a member of the Wongaibon Clan of the Ngiyampaa speaking Nation of South West NSW. She has written poems and children's graphic novels, as well as a play that was adapted into a screenplay and film. She is in demand at literary events and workshops, in Australia and internationally, on the issue of disability and culture. In 2006, Gayle won the David Unaipon Award with her manuscript Me, Antman & Fleabag, which was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier's Literary Award and Deadly Award, and was commended for the Kate Challis RAKA Award. Her screenplay for TRAX and Outback Theatre for the Young was filmed and released in 2011. Her children's books for the Yarning Strong series were nominated for the 2011 Deadly Awards. Gayle has also spoken about the Aboriginal perspective of disability across Australia as well as Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and Japan.