PORTLAND — The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance will offer a series of new writings workshops in towns across Maine, including Bangor, Bath, Belfast, Damariscotta, Kennebunkport, Portland and Rockland. The workshops will run through February and March and topics will include fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry and more:

“The Fiction Manuscript,” a three-part workshop with Cynthia Thayer on Feb. 1, 8 and 15 in Bangor; “Desire in Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels,” a two-part workshop with Anna Boll on Feb. 1 and March 1 in Bath; “Book Proposal Boot Camp” with Mark Chimsky on Feb. 1 in Portland; “The Middle Ground: Creating Fiction From Your Life Stories” with Susan Conley on Feb. 8 in Portland; “Writing Like An Actor” with Pope Brock on Feb. 15 in Rockland; “Memoir Intensive” with Elizabeth Peavey on Feb. 22 in Kennebunkport; “The Book Review Brigade,” a two-part workshop with William Bushnell on Feb. 22 and March 15 in Portland; “The Indelible Character” with Sarah Braunstein on March 8 in Portland; “Free Range Poetry” with Arielle Greenberg on March 8 in Damariscotta; “Finding the Story Inside the Story” with Susan Conley on March 15 in Belfast; “Writing About Family History” with Christina Baker Kline on March 17 in Damariscotta; “Talking the Talk” with Lewis Robinson on March 22 in Portland.

For more information, visit the alliance’s website at www.mainewriters.org, call 228-8263 or email info@mainewriters.