A Disturbance in The Force!

It has been a fantastic year of cinema presentations, with the final booking of the year discussing a disturbance in the force at the Palace Nova Eastend Cinema on December 2!

I had a fun time with the audience during my pre-screen presentation before the viewing of 'A Disturbance In The Force, How The Star Wars Holiday Special Happened', sharing personal anecdotes and historical facts about the franchise and its influence on global society.

Special thanks to the Palace Nova Eastend Cinema in Adelaide for the invitation to speak at the event, and for this wonderful testimony post-presentations in 2023!

Stuart is fantastic! Knowledgeable, engaging, and entertaining. He’s an excellent addition to any lineup.

Palace Nova Cinemas   

An exciting public lecture on October 15!

The Constructed language, Klingon was alive and well at the WEA learning institution's 110th Birthday celebration on October 15!

I delivered a public lecture about languages constructed for the entertainment industry (Conlangs) as part of an Open Day showcasing the vast selection of subjects on offer at the educational centre.

Click through to the WEA website for course information. WEA website

A wonderful exhibition opening!

I enjoyed connecting with language-teaching professionals at the Adelaide Comic and Toy Fair on October 2.

It was a great opportunity to showcase the influence of cognitive linguistics on comic books and music to the greater Adelaide community.

Click through to view fantastic images from Stuart's April exhibition of world comic book linguistics!

During the exhibition, I discussed using comic books as a communication medium in the second language classroom, along with excerpts from my research at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, Brussels Comics Art Museum, and Musée Hergé in Belgium.

A big shoutout to my support crew for their assistance at the event!

Constructed Language Lectures at The University of Adelaide

I'm having an absolute hoot with linguistics students at The University of Adelaide lecturing about the exciting world of Constructed languages.

The two-hour lecture investigates languages created for the entertainment industry—Constructed languages (Conlangs).The lecture analyses constructed languages. It classifies them into Auxiliary Languages (Auxlangs), such as Esperanto, Ido and Volapük, and Artistically-constructed Languages (Artlangs), such as Klingon, Quenya, High Valyrian, and Dothraki, providing basic knowledge in a language such as greetings; introduction, emotion, and a farewell; a unique characteristic; the influence of the language family on global society and information about where it might be possible to continue to learn one of more than 450 Constructed languages in Australia or online.

Thanks to Dr Eve Afifa Kheir | Faculty of Arts, Business & Economics, The University of Adelaide, for including me in the program of lectures.

Warp speed ahead!

I continue working on my book projects, The Adventures of Paris and Freddie, an exciting bilingual storybook adventure in French and English set in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, including Auslan, Australian sign language. 

With the production of The Adventures of Paris and Freddie well underway, it's time to introduce some of our leading characters in the first story! 

Click through to the Paris and Freddie Facebook Page!

Special thanks to illustrator, Jo Hassam from joannahassam.art for bringing the crew to life!

Click through to the Adventures of Paris and Freddie Facebook Page to learn more about Paris, Freddie, and her groovy cosplay crew!

The Adventures of Paris and Freddie launches in 2024!

A second book project is an extension of my thesis investigations of the creator of Tintin and the controversy surrounding his life and career during the Second World War and the context, stereotypes, representations, and controversies in Franco-Belgian comic book literature and children's stories.

I'm presenting excerpts of my thesis investigations and book projects during my winter speaking tour for schools and literary events!

Stay tuned!