Ursula Howard
Ursula Howard’s working life in adult literacy and community publishing showed her how learning, determination and the power of writing can change lives. She is a great-granddaughter of Ebenezer Howard, the son of a London pastry-cook who became the visionary founder of the Garden City movement which led to the creation of Letchworth and Welwyn Garden Cities, among others.
Ursula’s Book Bessie Quinn: Survivor Spirit links Howard’s astonishing achievement to the life stories of poor Irish immigrants in 19th-century Scotland – the forgotten Quinn family, one of whom defied the odds and found her own life.
Ursula will be on the stand of publishers The Endless Bookcase.