poetry
Happy Birthday Comics
April 6, 2019 | troublemagTrouble turned 15 in April 2019, and for our birthday issue we wanted to thank by way of featuring some of our past comic contributors, who have been a highlight for us throughout the years. Many of these beautiful and … Read More
Deep Trouble #7: Manisha Anjali
November 7, 2018 | troublemagwith Dr Mark Halloran Or listen on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher
Indian-Fijian poet Manisha Anjali was born in Suva, the capital of Fiji, and we begin by discussing the importance of familial and national history in the development … Read More
BED, TRAIN, DESK, TRAIN, BED
August 1, 2016 | troublemagMONDAY It never quite makes sense. The act of turning up at a desk five days a week, followed by the arrival of money in my bank account seems strangely disconnected. As with birth and death – how … Read More
Occasionally
May 2, 2016 | troublemag
I just want to be with someone new
in a train
on a wet night
where the inside light reflects me
in a stranger’s eyes from across the isle
whose waiting aches back
from nowhere to … Read More
Teaspoon Full
April 2, 2016 | troublemag
It’s been passed down
not like a WW2 sibling’s shrunken jumper
to make ends meet in this then innocent country
but a curio of words that squeezed
between the searchlights under the wires
holding its breath … Read More
Stralian Stories: Billy Marshall-Stoneking
November 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Neil Boyack
Singing the Snake & Cultural Competence
Rarely is a collection of poems and vignettes so complete in its form with regards to cultural breadth, style, content, political shade and vigour. When I first read Singing … Read More
Stralian Stories – Coral Hull: the patron saint of Australian poetry
October 3, 2013 | troublemag
by Neil Boyack
When you read Coral Hull’s work you get a sense fairly quickly that she stands for things, and that she has experienced life outside the mainstream in situations that beckon risk. These events have … Read More
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April 27, 2019 | troublemag
Mandy Ord – COMIC SUPREME
Trouble met Mandy Ord at a comic con called Supanova in 2008, when the popular culture convention was expanding into Melbourne for the first time. We were immediately attracted to her inky alternative narratives, … Read More
Trouble November 2017
November 7, 2017 | troublemag
November issue FEATURES: Lot 19 Spring Sculpture Prize Salon, Comics Face by Ive Sorocuk, The Madness of Art: Close Encounters by Jim Kempner, House on Fire – Ian Strange : Open Home by Robert Ruckus, NOVEMBER Salon, Finding the Art … Read More
Glen Clarke : A History of Violence
February 3, 2015 | troublemag
CATALOGUE ESSAY
Rajesh Punj
There is an impressive complexity of paper and pattern that constitutes the work of Australian artist Glen Clarke. A heady cocktail of politics, economics and aesthetics are neatly folded into each of the origami styled … Read More
ACTease September 2014
September 1, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
It was with a heavy heart that I put fingers to keyboard for this final ACTease instalment. I have thoroughly enjoyed compiling this column each month and have never been short of amazing exhibitions to … Read More
ACTease August 2014
August 1, 2014 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
What makes you happy? Eleven weeks ago I gave birth to my second child, and one of the things I missed most during pregnancy was running. I tried to run for as long (and as gently … Read More
ACTease JULY 2014
July 1, 2014 | troublemag
Having spent most of my childhood years growing up on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, I was excited to discover that one of the National Gallery of Australia’s latest exhibitions, Atua: Sacred gods from Polynesia (until 3 August) … Read More
ACTease JUNE 2014
June 2, 2014 | troublemag
One of the secrets of a successful landscape artist and landscape photographer, I believe, is their ability to interpret and capture light in their works. Landscape paintings are a personal favourite of mine, and I had high hopes for … Read More
ACTease May 2014
May 1, 2014 | troublemag
What is the most obscure name you have ever seen for an art exhibition? Like choosing a title for a book or film, deciding on a title for an exhibition is an important part of the creative process. It’s … Read More
ACTease April 2014
April 2, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What is your favourite children’s book? No matter how hard I try, I can’t choose one. Now that my eldest daughter is nearly two, I have to confess that I’m enjoying rediscovering my old favourite … Read More
ACTease March 2014
March 3, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
The things that inspire artists constantly amaze and excite me. It could be a word, a feeling, their home or local environment and surroundings that trigger the greatest creative sparks. The beauty of these humble … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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