Thursday, February 23 to Thursday, May 24; 6 p.m.

Location: Camden Public Library, 55 Main St., Camden, Maine

Contact: Ken Gross;

The Songwriters Sessions for 2012 continue on Thursday, February 23 at the Camden Public Library. The series is designed to encourage songwriters by giving supportive response to their work-in-progress and an opportunity to perform in public. This year the library has invited several well-known songwriters to create a “songwriting with the masters” series. The series culminates in a performance of the brand-new songs at the Library Coffeehouse in June.

All songwriters are invited to attend; there will be one session per month on the fourth Thursday of the month, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, on February 23, March 22, April 26, and May 24, with the final Coffeehouse on June 7. Jim James, noted troubadour from Belfast, Maine, and Liverpool, England, will lead the sessions on February 23, and well known Camden singer-songwriter David Dodson will lead the March session. Other leaders to be announced.

Please contact Ken Gross at the library to enroll, 236-3440 or info@librarycamden.org. Drop-ins are also welcome, but pre-registering ensures a space in the series. $4 donation per session suggested.