In Print
Injoy Magazine began as a dream back in 2008, and since then each bimonthly issue has emerged as a new dimension in community media by publishing uplifting articles, stories, photos and information that make people ‘feel good’, and the word around town is... everybody LOVES InJoy!
The content is designed to stretch conceptual boundaries and remind humanity to feel whilst infusing you with a sense of joy and wellbeing. Take some time to acquaint, explore, and immerse yourself within our new website… injoymag.com. It’s a collection of experiences, expressions, concepts and considerations, information and inspirations that gravitate to the common place in our understanding of ourselves, and each other… it touches the heart through individuals simply sharing their stories.
Injoy bypasses bureaucracy, integral voices and unique perspectives present different reference points for people who want to experience a creative zone and a new vision for the future. Threads of unique conversation weave Injoy, finding ways through the cracks, between the lines, reaching across the edge to expand beyond what was… and emulate the experience of being and living an ‘injoy-full’ existence.
Online
Injoy Magazine has been blessed to have the creative direction and cyber-skills of technology guru, Peter Robinson, who has facilitated the expansion of Injoy Magazine beyond the page and into cyberspace. Peter, from Buzz studio, and Bhadrena, editor of Injoy Mag, have been working together to design this new online environment, and the results are sensational!
As with the printed version of Injoy Mag, the website is organised into sections and categories for your ease and pleasure. InJoy is a place to experience; a way to become inspired and informed through new and featured articles that are being continually uploaded, as well as past articles from all the previous editions (with the added touch of colour). There's also a great collection of jokes, quotes, imagery, reviews, and much more… and all past issues of Injoy Magazine can be downloaded, as can the current issue that is circulating in and around the Byron shire now.
The Editor
Bhadrena Rose (aka Jennifer Bryden-Brown), defines herself as a visual communicator. Working in Sydney through the '80s with high-end advertising agencies, such as Magnus Nankervis & Curl, and Foster Nunn Loveder, gave her a range of skills that allowed her to forge her way into many different creative ventures. She integrated her wealth of experience in graphic design with computer technology - forming the basis of her career choice as a freelance graphic designer and desktop publisher.
In 1992 she relocated to Byron Bay to immerse herself in this region, to bring up her children, and to explore her lifelong passions of painting, writing and photography. Since then, Bhadrena has exhibited her paintings at galleries around the Northern Rivers, such as Waywood (now: Still @ the Centre) in Byron Bay, Trybe Gallery in Brunswick Heads, and a solo exhibition at the Urban Café in Bangalow. Her short story, Tables Turning, was successful in being selected and published in Coastlines 4, An Anthology of Short Stories. The artwork for this book was designed by Bhadrena and launched at the 2008 Byron Bay Writers Festival, recognised for its quality by renowned author, Robert Drewe.
Between 2004 and 2009, Bhadrena completed her Bachelor of Arts degree (double major in narrative studies) at Southern Cross University in Lismore NSW, studying journalism, Indigenous studies, ceramic, digital art and writing. This, combined with 30 years experience as a graphic designer, and a 20-year transformative learning curve living in and around Byron Bay, and with her acute interest in the nature of being human provided the impetus to begin working Injoy...
“In 2008, the final year of my uni degree, I literally had a dream, and this was to be the beginning of Injoy Magazine. The inspiration was to create uplifting media… a magazine that made you ‘feel good’, a delight to the eye and always free, so it could be available to everyone. The idea was to publish profound voices and voices rarely heard, to highlight the passions and creativity that weave the fabric of a culturally diverse community, and present perspectives beyond the reach of an ordinary mind - concepts that might stretch the awareness of readers. 18 months down the track, and Injoy has become a well recognised much-loved publication, not just in the Byron Bay region but beyond the ‘Byron bubble’ as well, as many tourists take it home with them to share in their own communities... and now everyone can find themselves Injoy online.”
