Bernadette Russell
Bernadette Russell is an author, storyteller, performer and activist. Since 2012 she has toured the US and UK speaking about the importance and life-changing experience of practising hope and kindness, including for BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live, Action for Happiness, Birmingham School of Philosophy and the Southbank Centre, where she was nominated as one of sixty-seven change-makers for her project 366 Days of Kindness. She has been a columnist for Balance magazine since 2016, and her previous books include The Little Book of Kindness and The Little Book of Wonder. She also plants a lot of trees, and helps others do the same.