Ridvan celebrates Baha’u’llah’s time in 1863 in the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad when He publicly declared His station as a Manifestation of God. The Ridvan Festival is 12 days long and is also the time of year when Baha’is elect their governing bodies.
This interview from the Ink of Light Baha’i Writers’ Festival 2019 features Gordon Kerr.
Ink of Light is an annual festival that explores and celebrates the work of Baha’i writers and creatives, who all come together to share ideas, learn from one another, and celebrate creative expression.
Gordon Kerr is a writer and educator with a background in cultural anthropology, publishing, and arts management. He served as manager of the UK Baha’i Publishing Trust (1981-2000) and recently returned to his native Scotland from China where he worked for the last 20 years as a corporate trainer and university teacher specializing in communications and business ethics. He has served as director of several educational and arts foundations and been fortunate to work with hundreds of writers and artists from all around the world. He is the co-founder and director of the Dazzling Spark Arts Foundation.
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In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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