AI for Equity is out. This episode is the full recording of our online launch on publication day, 27 October 2026, with Jenny Garrett OBE and Leah Garrett, hosted by Erica Farmer.

The book is AI for Equity: Creating a More Equitable Society for All. It looks at who AI is being built for, who gets left out, and what it would take to build it differently. If you missed the launch, this is the whole thing, as it happened.

Thank you to Erica for hosting us, and to the twelve people whose stories and work run through this book: Dr Mona Ashok, Christian Ortiz, Jazz Rasool, Sumathi Menon, Dan Gallagher, Twan Wildeboer, Keshav Malhotra, Dr Pauldy Otermans, Sam Samarasinghe, Anna Jones, Rodney A. Brown and Finbar O’Hanlon. And thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way. We could not have done it without you.

Get the book:
Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ai-for-equity-creating-a-more-equitable-society-for-all-jenny-obe-garrett/586c7c50e50b5e55?ean=9781837428571
Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/ai-for-equity/jenny-garrett/leah-sunshine-garrett/9781837428571
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/AI-Equity-Creating-Equitable-Society/dp/1837428573

Come to a launch:
Manchester, Tue 10 Nov, The Portico Library: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-for-equity-who-is-it-actually-built-for-tickets-2000640564785
London, Thu 12 Nov, University of Westminster: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-for-equity-book-launch-london-tickets-1997144173986
Accra, 22 to 28 Nov, and the San Francisco Bay Area, 15 to 19 Mar 2027. All tour dates: https://jennygarrett.global/ai-for-equity/

Want to be a guest? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDrKnarbBmYZFUueLBsPlpRGArBwOA5pxUeENCtrKnMYbS2g/viewform?usp=header

Partners and sponsors: aiforequity@outlook.co.uk

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The book is out next week, and the tour starts the same day. In this episode Leah and Jenny talk about how it feels to send AI for Equity out into the world, with stops in Manchester, London, Accra and San Francisco, plus an online launch anyone can join from wherever they are.

Leah is a little bit scared and very excited, and has never been to the US before. Jenny talks about the fear of being judged and why, if the book helps one person, it has done its job. They also get into why doing it together makes it easier, why the London launch means so much with friends, family and contributors in the room, and how holding the finished copy has settled the nerves.

The book episode. Jenny and Leah share the full story of writing AI for Equity: how the idea grew out of the podcast, what the proposal process actually involved, the day the deal came through, the self-doubt in the middle, and the reader they each kept in mind while writing.

In this episode:

• From podcast to book deal: how it happened
• What goes into a book proposal
• Writing to a deadline while running everything else
• Who we wrote the book for, and why that mattered

AI for Equity is out 27 October 2026. Pre-order now:
Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ai-for-equity-creating-a-more-equitable-society-for-all-jenny-obe-garrett/586c7c50e50b5e55?ean=9781837428571
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/AI-Equity-Creating-Equitable-Society/dp/1837428573
Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/ai-for-equity/jenny-garrett/leah-sunshine-garrett/9781837428571

Book tour dates and tickets: https://jennygarrett.global/ai-for-equity/

Want to be a guest? Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDrKnarbBmYZFUueLBsPlpRGArBwOA5pxUeENCtrKnMYbS2g/viewform?usp=header
Partnerships: aiforequity@outlook.co.uk