Som Tamang knew that education and employment were the keys to a better life for girls from his village. Kirsty Nancarrow was an ABC journalist who interviewed Som in his Cairns home as he prepared to return to Nepal following the devastating 2015 earthquakes.

One year later she travelled to Nepal to teach in Som’s school. Inspired by Som’s unshakeable determination to provide educational opportunities for rural Nepalese girls, Kirsty began to document Som’s extraordinary story.

Himalayan Dreams is the true story of how a Nepalese child slave overcame poverty, civil war, earthquakes, and a pandemic to create opportunities for children in central Nepal.

Be inspired by one man's belief in the power of education to transform lives, and by a journalist's path to authorship through the minefield of her own mental health battles.

This event is held in City Library Meeting Room.