Internationally renowned spoken word artist and educator Mark Gonzales will deliver two intensive poetry masterclasses to a small group of writers in London and Birmingham, focussing on exploring poetry as a means to human development. 

This is the event page for the BIRMINGHAM masterclass, held in association with Soul City Arts. 


Described as ‘Khalil Gibran meets Pablo Neruda,’ Mark is a HBO Def Jam poet who has shared his writing on stage around the world, including the first TEDxRamallah talks held in Palestine, which led him to trend worldwide on Twitter. As a community builder he was an invited speaker at the United Nations tribunal on Social Exclusion. He is currently a Visiting Professor and Artist in Residence at the Institute of Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University.

Mark’s work breaks borders to wage beauty across continents of language and culture, which has earned him respect for his creative approaches to suicide prevention, human rights and human development.

Title: Wage Beauty: Creative language as defense, affirmation and innovation of humanity.

Limited tickets: only 20 places available. Purchasing a ticket to the Masterclass will allow you entry into 'An Evening with Mark Gonzales' performance event. http://groupspaces.com/muslimwritersawards/item/235136

Tickets are non-refundable.