Great news! An invitation was recently extended by Marc R. Baum (does his last name ring a bell?), and I’ve firmed up all the details. This coming June, I’ll be heading outside of Syracuse to the lovely village of Chittenango, New York, the birthplace of L. Frank Baum and home to one of the largest annual Oz festivals in the country. It’s called Oz-Stravaganza! with over 15,000 in attendance each year. Now that’s a lot of Oz and Baum fans, ladies and gentlemen.

I’ve been invited to bring my Silver Shoes and some signing pens and take part in their Author’s Alley. They’ve posted a nice announcement about it on their Oz-Stravaganza! Blog as well as sharing the news with their Facebook group for the event.

I’m really excited about being a part of this and seeing the birthplace of the man who created Oz, and I look forward to meeting some of you east-coasters while I’m there!

This year’s festival is June 3-5, 2011.