Bernadette Russell is an expert on kindness and hope, as well as an author, playwright, storyteller and activist. She is the author of How to be Hopeful, The Little Book of Kindness and The Little Book of Wonder. For over a decade she has toured the US and UK speaking about the life-changing experience of practicing kindness, including at the Southbank Centre, where she was nominated as one of sixty-seven change makers for her project 366 Days of Kindness. She has created shows and participatory workshops around the topic of kindness of many organizations including the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, Royal National Theatre, as well as pubs, community centres and libraries throughout the UK.