FOLK

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“Folk draws you persuasively and powerfully into the middle 1990s, offering new insights into the freedoms offered by illegal raves and radical youth clubs, told through the lens of an overthinking teenage boy and his friends. I loved it.” Emma Warren (author of Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through The Dancefloor)

“A captivating coming of age tale, that though set in the heady excitement of 90s rave culture, is a timeless portrait of the bitter-sweet growing pains of youth.” Justin Robertson (author of The Trial of Jonah)

“All hail Stef Macbeth – I’ve been a fan since I read his first word. His inevitable move into fiction is 20 years overdue.” Emily Hill (author of Bad Romance and Love In Late Capitalism)

“Evocative, funny and bittersweet. Macbeth crafts a rave folk tale brimming with Shane Meadows levels of small-town Englishness. Full of dodgy situations, crumbling ideals, first love and finding magic in the mundane, all set to the rising pulse of free rave culture drawing ever closer.” Paul Hanford (author of Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys into an Electronic Music & Club Culture Capital)

“At a moment when youth clubs are being shuttered across the country, Folk teleports us back to a time when these makeshift institutions acted as vital organs pumping blood into communities across the UK. As Mark lurches through the agonising tensions and pretensions of early adulthood, Folk is both rock and beacon, offering a sense of place amid the tumult. In its celebration of the shifting identities and alternative politics connecting youth work and dance music, Folk is a coming-of-age not only for Mark but of a generation. Today we need that collective energy more than ever.” Professor Alistair Fraser (criminologist and author of Gangs and Crime: Critical Alternatives)