Writing competition launches to celebrate restaurant opening
Birmingham Stories has launched a writing competition to celebrate the opening of Bombay restaurant Dishoom Birmingham.
It is part of a campaign from the National Literacy Trust and the University of Birmingham to raise literacy levels across the city.
To win a meal for six at Dishoom Birmingham and a signed copy of the Dishoom cookery book, Birmingham Stories is asking anyone aged 11 and above to come up with their own take on the restaurant’s founding myth by adding no more than 500 words to an extract which can be found on its website.
Entrants should submit their stories by Monday, September 14.
The writing will be judged by co-founder of Dishoom, Shamil Thakrar, Dr Ruth Gilligan, acclaimed novelist and senior lecturer in creative writing at University of Birmingham, and Birmingham Stories manager, Harinder Matharu.
