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Podcast: Words and Nerds: Authors, books and literature.
Episode: 791. Dani Vee and Ian Kemish - Two Islands and finding goodness in characters
Description: Dani Vee and Ian Kemish chat about Two Islands, balancing fiction and non-fiction and finding the goodness in characters.
They talk about inherited trauma, political landscapes and the importance of setting.
Two Islands (March 2026) is a debut thriller novel by former Australian diplomat Ian Kemish, focusing on Niko, a Balkan war survivor hiding from pursuers on a remote Scottish island. The story explores themes of trauma, memory, and international conflict through the lens of a quiet community, featuring a plot that involves a, war crimes investigator. Published by UQP.