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Set in the 1990s, FOLK follows a tight-knit group of teenagers navigating friendship, loyalty and identity in a crumbling youth group, against a backdrop of DIY sound systems, shifting subcultures, and looming adulthood.

Longlisted for the McKitterick Prize.
Published by Velocity Press.

“Stef has written such a warm, perceptive, funny and wise book about finding your tribe – how it can save you, how it can lead you into danger, and ultimately how it all goes into the person you become.” 

Hannah McGill - author of Dressing Natalie

"Persuasive and powerful... 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."

Emma Warren - author of Up The Youth Club