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Got Oz books? Give them away
Reading copies of Oz books, particularly newer reprints, tend to stack up around me. I can’t pass them up when they’re just a few bucks at an estate sale, bundled in an auction “lot,” or gifted to me ...
Santore art exhibit features Oz
The exhibit of Charlie Santore’s work currently on display at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia is wonderful! I would encourage any Oz fans who can to see it. I flew out for the weekend to hear ...
Windows to Oz
Wizard of Oz stained glass by Century Studios (IWOC members Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry) is featured in the second Club display at the Oz Museum in Wamego, Kansas. Character panels, a rare wall mirr...
It takes a community
Today an Oz treasure arrived to make its new home in my collection. But it wouldn’t have happened without Oz friends. I often explain to people that one of the great benefits I’ve experienced as an Oz...
Contests: Call for more Oz
A good forty-five years ago, long before The Wiz, Wicked, and Straight Outta Oz, the Oz Club’s own Dick Martin announced that the Baum Bugle should cease publication because there simply couldn’t be a...
Oz on the Bayou
Oz Club members David and Karen Diket are hosting the third annual Oz on the Bayou event for fans Feb. 15-16 in Gray, Louisiana. Timed to follow on the heels of both Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day, yo...
Sealed with thanks
This week I have been sending letters to all the Oz Club’s supporters expressing our thanks for their 2017 contributions. As a not-for-profit educational organization, we are responsible for acknowled...
Fresh from the press
Riddle me this, fellow collectors: What book weighs 60 pounds and has 48 color plates? Give up? Bibliographia Baumiana! OK, so actually it’s just printed on 60-pound stock, but at more than ...
Oz art contest for students
Are you – or do you know – a student who creates Oz art? Our 2018 Baum Bugle editor-in-chief, Sarah Crotzer, has launched a contest to find fresh, new interpretations of Oz characters. Her goal is t...
IWOC Holiday mailing arriving now
Get your holiday mailing? After the year it was so wildly mishandled by a fulfillment center that some members wound up getting their’s in February, I have to ask. You’ll find a letter from me,...