April 1 is the deadline to register for the national conference, Oz: The Books, scheduled May 14-16 on the California State University, Fresno campus.
Attendees who complete and turn in registration forms by April 1 receive a discounted price for the entire conference. Early registration is $120 for Arne Nixon Center Advocates and Oz Club members and $130 for the general public.
Registration forms are available at the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature’s Web site:www.arnenixoncenter.org/events/oz_conference.shtml.
Oz: The Books brings together some of the world’s leading Oz scholars and artists to hear presentations by:
- Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked”
- Michael Patrick Hearn, author of “The Annotated Wizard of Oz”
- John Fricke, co-author of “The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic”
- Kathleen Krull, author of “The Road to Oz: Twists, Bumps and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum”
- Eric Shanower, graphic novelist and author/artist of “Adventures in Oz”
A musical, “Time Again in Oz,” will be performed by Fresno State Theatre Arts Department students, directed by J. Daniel Herring. Playwright Suzan L. Zeder, who based “Time Again” on the third Oz book, “Ozma of Oz,” also will speak.
The conference is hosted by the Arne Nixon Center at Fresno State and the International Wizard of Oz Club.
The Arne Nixon Center Advocates will sponsor the conference reception. Community sponsors include Fresno Pacific University and the Fresno County Public Library.
For more information, contact Angelica Carpenter, president of the International Wizard of Oz Club and curator of the Arne Nixon Center, at angelica@csufresno.edu or 559.278.8116.
(Copy prepared by University Communications news intern Amanda Fine.)
