In My Defence I have no defence

Sinéad Stubbins has always known that there was a better version of herself lying just outside of her grasp. That if she listened to the right song or won the right (any) award or knew about whisky or followed the right Instagram psychologist or drank kombucha, ever, or enacted the correct 70-step Korean skincare regime, she would become her 'best self'. In My Defence, I Have No Defence raises the white flag on trying to live up to impossible standards. Wild and funny and wickedly relatable, it is one woman's reckoning with her complete inability to self-improve and a hilarious reprieve for anyone who has ever struggled to be better. This is the comfort read of the year from Australia's most exciting new comedy writer.

Sinéad is a writer from Melbourne who has written for The Guardian, frankie, The Big Issue, The Age, ELLE, The Cut and Vulture, among other places and is a writer for ABC's The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. She mainly writes about pop culture, friendship and the embarrassing moments that you think about in the five minutes before you go to sleep ... for the next 20 years of your life. She also used to write TV recaps for Junkee on The Bachelor and Game of Thrones, in which she used screenshots to make fun of people.