Recreating Oz
Annual Convention of the International Wizard of Oz Club
Manhattan, Kansas – October 2-4, 2009
 About the Conference
The Program in Children’s Literature at Kansas State University is pleased to host the International Wizard of Oz Club’s Annual Convention, October 2-4, 2009. The convention will run conjunction with OZtoberFest in near-by Wamego, Kansas.
All featured speakers are free to K-State Students:
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- Eric Shanower and Skottie Young, creators of the new Marvel Comic Wizard of Oz series. Speaking Oct. 3rd, 7:30 pm. Alumni Center Ballroom. This talk is free and open to the public.
- Mark West, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; author of Roald Dahl and Before Oz: Juvenile Fantasy Stories from Nineteenth-Century America. Speaking on "A Heroine’s Unmaking: The Diminishing Role of Dorothy in Four Tales of Oz," Oct. 3rd, 1:00 pm.
- A. Waller Hastings, Rutgers University. Joins Mark West for "Reflections on Oz," Oct. 3rd, 4:00 pm.
- David Maxine, producer and musical theater historian. Presenting on “Walt Spouse and the 'Wonderland of Oz,'" Oct. 3rd, 4:45 pm.
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More information
Information about the convention – including events, registration, housing, and transportation – will be available from <www.ksu.edu/english/programs/childlit/oz>.
For information about the International Wizard of Oz Club, visit <www.ozclub.org/>. For information about OZtoberFest, visit <www.oztoberfest.com/>.
Sponsors
Book sales by Claflin Books & Copies.
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108 E/CS Building
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
66506-6501
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Phone (785) 532-6716
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