Oz Conference

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Fresno!

Oz the Books! A Conference

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May 14 ~ 16, 2010 ~ The Arne Nixon Center and International Wizard of Oz Club invite everyone to a national Oz conference on the Fresno State campus. Featured speakers will include:

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

The conference will feature a musical, "Time Again in Oz" produced by the Fresno State Theatre Arts Department and directed by J. Daniel Herring. Playwright Suzan L. Zeder, who based the play on the third Oz book, Ozma of Oz, will also be a speaker.

The Henry Madden Library will offer Oz exhibits and a Special Collections exhibit on the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. This world's fair attracted Oz creator L. Frank Baum and artist W. W. Denslow to Chicago, where they later formed a partnership to write and illustrate children's books.

The Arne Nixon Center Advocates will sponsor the conference reception. Other community sponsors include Fresno Pacific University and the Fresno County Public Library.