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Folk was always more than a youth group for Mark: it's where he belongs, and where the friendships that have made him were forged. Straight talking Anna; beautiful, brilliant Zee; and Seb, who's in a real band. But when Gerry, the group's self-proclaimed 'thorn in the side of the establishment' leader tasks him to take a new member under his wing, Mark's world goes into a spin. Who is this 'Jason' guy with his tracksuits, beats and chemical drugs? And why is everyone so in awe of him? Jason just isn't 'Folk'. Then a wild camping trip brings Jason's 'fresh start' to an abrupt end – and with it the collapse of Folk. Yet moving on turns out to be complicated. Set against a backdrop of DIY sound systems and tectonic shifts in society, FOLK is a bittersweet 1990s coming-of-age tale of friendship, fidelity and finding your own path.
Stef Macbeth is a freelance writer and commercial creative based in Berlin. He grew up in the southwest of England, studied at the University of Glasgow, and received the Edward Caird Medal for Philosophy in 2005. In the early 2000s, Stef was part of the creative team at Sub Club, Glasgow, where he worked with artists such as Optimo and Harri & Domenic, and helped steer the narrative of one of the UK's longest running independent electronic music venues. Since moving to Berlin in 2013, he has been involved in a series of collaborations with artists, companies, social enterprises and cultural institutions, both in Germany and the UK. His work has appeared at international shows including Borealis Festival and Cannes Lions. In 2023, a version of his debut novel FOLK was longlisted for the McKitterick Prize, awarded by the British Society of Authors each year to a first novel by a writer aged 40 or over.
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