Articles by: Kathleen Mary Fallon

Author Biography:

Kathleen Mary Fallon writes across numerous genres: novels, film and theatre scripts, poems and short stories. Most focus on gender/sexuality and race in the reconciliation dialogues developed in her Masters and PhD theses, and Love Zombie/Mattress Actress continues this dual focus. She is currently working on a production for Theatreworks in 2025 called Ms Julie Gabler: Trapped.

Love Zombie/Mattress Actress: The definitive heterosexual erotica

Arena Quarterly no. 21

Kathleen Mary Fallon

Mar 2025

The headstone did not read ‘Beloved husband and father’ it simply stated birth and death dates.

‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on.’: A review of Aaron Fa’Aoso’s So Far So Good

Arena Quarterly no. 13

Kathleen Mary Fallon

Mar 2023

Why does Fa’Aoso tell his story now? The reason is a shame and stain on this country, and not one that many whitefellas in their midforties would have for writing their memoir: early death.

He’s On A Roll: ‘Holding Patterns’ by Alisdair Cannon

Arena Quarterly no.12

Kathleen Mary Fallon

Dec 2022

There are shades of Swift in Cannon’s solutions to the Birth-Strikes movement: ‘have your child and shoot a banker … gun down a fossil fuel executive … kill a politician for each child you have’.

Credibility Gulf: Theatrical strategies to wake up the narcoticised viewer

Arena Quarterly no.11

Kathleen Mary Fallon

Sep 2022

Living as we do in the grip of the mind-numbing spin of the 24-hour news cycle, one horror event after another desensitising us, what happens to our memory, our sensitivity, our political engagement?

Time Travel Through Unfinished Business

Arena Quarterly no. 8

Kathleen Mary Fallon

Dec 2021

A story.