Me‚ Antman & Fleabag

by Gayle Kennedy

128 pages, Paperback

Published September 4, 2024

About the author

Gayle Kennedy is from the NSW Ngiyaampaa nation. Her poetry collection Koori Girl Goes Shoppin’ was shortlisted in 2005 for the David Unaipon Award, and she won the award in 2006 with Me, Antman & Fleabag. She’s published eleven children’s books and articles and poems in national and international publications.

Reviews

[Danielle Mitchell]

Warm and funny, I laughed out loud.

[Holly]

Maybe my favourite book I’ve read all year

[Louise Dooay]

I found this book to be more of a collection of tales featuring the narrator, her partner and their dog. Through these stories, we are given a warm and insightful glimpse into the lives of this Indigenous family living in the Australian outback.

The tales are told with warmth, humour and heart, bringing the people, landscape and everyday experiences vividly to life. I particularly enjoyed the sense of authenticity and the way the author shares both the joys and challenges of their lives without losing the humour and humanity within them. For me, this made it a rich, engaging and memorable read.

[Danaë Paternoster]

Great book!
Each chapter is a different story that often touches on subjects of racism, colonisation and culture yet it's written in a way that it's easy to read and invoke awareness and understanding.

[Brodie Rake]

Dusty yarns that end as abruptly as they began. An insightful, sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing look into outback life, through the eyes of an indigenous family. Short and sweet. Would recommend!

[Sean Kennedy]

An endearing, lovely collection of interconnected stories.

[Miss Nessa]

Deadly and funny.

[Leo]

A quick read but so incredibly sweet

[Sharon]

Honest, funny, sometimes heart wrenching interconnected stories.

[Linda Joy]

What a fabulous little narrative… so many good out loud laughs!
Proper!
Heartfelt♥️