ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests that, despite the local focus of Anglophone Bruneian literature, as a corpus it is very much engaged with global conversations about Islam and representations of Islam in the media and in world literature. It examines representations of Islam and Islamic identity in Anglophone Bruneian literature. The chapter analyses the challenges of writing about Islam faced by Anglophone Bruneian writers, provides a brief overview of creative production in Brunei. While other local bookstores such as Nollybook, dbookhaus and Best Eastern do carry some local texts or have sections dedicated to local authors, the selection favours the non-fiction or Anglophone variety. In contrast, Anglophone Bruneian fiction has thus far seemed to be aimed at a global audience. Balancing the strictures against the negative global coverage about Muslims and Islam, it is perhaps unsurprising that Anglophone Bruneian writers who have included Islamic themes in their work have chosen to represent Islam positively.
