Bernadette Russell

Bernadette Russell is a professional oral storyteller and author. 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 1, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live, BBC Sunday Morning Live, Talk Radio, Action for Happiness, Birmingham School of Philosophy, Conway Hall and the Southbank Centre, where she was nominated as one of sixty-seven change-makers for her project "366 Days of Kindness". She was a columnist for Balance magazine from 2016- 2021, and her work has featured in the Guardian, The Observer, as well as many magazines including the Woodland Trust's "Broadleaf" magazine. She is the creative writing and folklore tutor at London's Treadwells Books. Conversations on Kindness is her latest book, previous books include How To Be Hopeful, The Little Book of Kindness and The Little Book of Wonder. She is currently storyteller in residence at Lesnes Abbey Wood, Bexley, and Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire.