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The place of the 54. Austrian Magic Convention in 2009 will be Zell am See

FISM 2009, Beijing

At the FISM Congress 2006 in Stockholm, the City of Beijing was selected as the meeting point of the next World Congress of Magic in 2009. For the first time this convention will take place in China. Application forms will be available soon in the Magic Club of Vienna or from www.fism.org and info@fism2009.org

MAGIC CHRISTIAN:

After a long period of hard work the second volume of "NON PLUS ULTRA", Hofzinser's card magic, appeared May 2004. This part contains all the card tricks of this genius that have influenced card magic up to the present day and are examples of entertainment at its best. An English version is planned to appear shortly.

The third volume with the magic of his salon effects will appear probably in 2009. For this third work, more than 270 original manuscripts of Hofzinser and his friends, and more than 2,500 newspaper cuttings had to be read. These manuscripts are in different private and public collections in Washington, Offenbach, Berlin and in Vienna, in the newspaper cuttings collection of MAGIC CHRISTIAN.

The English translation of volume one and two of NON PLUS ULTRA probably will be ready at the end of 2008 and will appear at Steven Minch's Hermetic Press, Seattle, USA