Bernadette Russell

About The Author

Bernadette Russell is an expert on hope and kindness, as well as a writer, performer and activist who plants a lot of trees – and helps others do the same. She is author of The Little Book of Kindness and The Little Book of Wonder, both published by Orion and in multiple foreign editions around the world. Since 2012, she has toured the US and UK speaking about the importance and life-changing experience of practicing kindness, including for BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live, Action for Happiness, Birmingham School of Philosophy, People United’s Kindness Symposium, The Roundhouse, Tate Britain, Turner Contemporary, Sunday Assembly and the Southbank Centre, where she was nominated as one of sixty-seven change makers for her project 366 Days of Kindness. Since 2018 she has worked with the Royal Albert Hall, producing performances with kindness and creativity at their heart. 

Books by Bernadette Russell

Conversations on Kindness

How the Power of Kindness Can Change the World

By Bernadette Russell
Hello, and thank you in advance for reading this book. It’s about the experiment I undertook after I decided that I would do a kind thing for a stranger every single day for a year. This story I’m about to tell is a pretty messy one. Some of it is sad. Some of it is joyful. Bits are funny, silly,...
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How to Be Hopeful

Your toolkit to rediscover hope and help create a more compassionate world

By Bernadette Russell
‘The perfect book for troubling times. The ideas and exercises in How to Be Hopeful will soothe your soul.’ Katherine May, author of Wintering

There is always hope. Even when we're grieving or afraid, worn down by everyday troubles or relentless bad news, it is there. As an ...
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