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After a career in diplomacy Australian Ian Kemish has turned his hand to writing novels - this month publishing his debut non-fiction title.
It follows a survivor of the Yugoslav war who finds refuge on a remote Scottish island.
The novel Two Islands pulls from Ian's time working as a diplomat across Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia in the midst of the war in the 1990s.
Ian's career has included stints in Australia's Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet as head of the International Division.
He also led Australia's response to the 2002 Bali bombings, for which he was given the Order of Australia.
Now adjunct professor at the University of Queensland, Ian specialises in the history of Southeast Asia, and the Pacific and Australia's engagement with those regions.
He talks to Kathryn about his career and his new novel Two Islands.
