​Ever dreamed of writing a book and getting it published?

​📅 Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 The Hugh
🎟️ Free | RSVP required

​Join South Asian Book Club and Yosha Gunasekera, author of The Midnight Taxi, for a conversation about her publishing journey—from writing the manuscript to finding an agent, working with a publisher, and bringing her book into the world.

​​About the Author

​Yosha Gunasekera is a Sri Lankan-American attorney who represents people who have spent decades behind bars for crimes they did not commit. She teaches a course at Princeton University focused on wrongful conviction and exoneration. Yosha is a former Manhattan public defender and has written and spoken extensively on the criminal legal system. She lives in New York City with her husband.

​Yosha was named a Publishers Weekly Writer to Watch and a Most Anticipated Read by Marie Claire, Goodreads, Book Riot, and more. The Midnight Taxi is her first book.

​​​About The Writer's Parlour

​The Writer's Parlour by SABC aims to connect new works with their first readers.

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Website: https://yoshagunasekera.com/

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