Karyn Sassella

Writer and Poet, Words/Poetry for Music
Karyn Sassella
Poet, Spoken-word artist
Available for:
Collaboration, Editing, Festivals and other events, Judging, Lecturing and teaching, Library visits, Live readings and performances, Media, Mentoring, Proofreading, Public speaking, Reader reports, Residencies, School visits, Workshops
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Karyn Sassella Bio

Karyn Sassella is an Australian, Italian, and British poet and International Humanitarian Aid Worker based in Melbourne, Australia

 

Residencies and Awards

Writer in Residencies awarded at Tracks Dance Company, Darwin Theatre Company, Arafura Music Ensemble, Palmerston Secondary School, and the Northern Territory Writers Centre, all funded by the Australia Council of the Arts. On these residencies she wrote poetry, plays and cross-artform works as well as facilitated poetry workshops. She edited the first collection of poetry for the Katherine Writers Group, Northern Territory, Australia.

 

Karyn was awarded a Writers’ residency with Marina Merli Arte Studio Ginestrelle and Writing Residency, Assisi, Italy, July 2024

 

Karyn hosted a poetry radio program on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Radio) in Darwin, Australia for two years.

 

Karyn has been awarded five Northern Territory of Australia Government Literary Awards for her poetry and the Dunant Award from the British Red Cross for her Humanitarian work. She is a member of the Royal Society of Literature.

 

Karyn’s poetry appeared in PEACE CAMP, Online and installation on the White Cliffs of Dover, A coastal installation celebrating Love, Poetry and Landscape (produced by Artichoke, UK).

 

Pocket MFA completed with Frontier Poetry Los Angeles (online) June 2024.

 

Karyn’s poetry was exhibited at Darwin Contemporary Art Gallery Darwin Australia 1996, 1997 and 1998 and the Assisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy, August 2024

 

In print:

Karyn’s poetry has appeared in various anthologies and poetry magazines including ‘La Mama Poetica’, Melbourne University of Australia Press; ‘a short story about getting lost’, Blurb Books; Northern Perspective, Northern Territory of Australia University Press; Children Australia, Cambridge University Press; ‘Textures 11’ Textures Publishing USA; ‘Landmark’ N.T Writers Centre and Northern Territory of Australia University Press and ‘Overland’ literary magazine, Sydney Australia.