New Writing

Nicolas Padamsee holds a Creating Writing MA from UEA and is currently undertaking a Creative & Critical Writing PhD at UEA with a CHASE studentship. He is the editor of artsagainstextremism.org, which promotes art as a means of investigating, understanding and countering extremism. His debut novel, England is Mine, explores a struggle for identity and belonging among second-generation immigrants. It follows David, who radicalises to the far right and commits a terror attack at a halal restaurant, and Hassan, who breaks free from the cycle of violence in the community, volunteers for his local mosque, and trains to represent England in the FIFAe World Cup, only to have his life shattered by the terror attack.