What We’re Enjoying – Star Wars Thrawn Trilogy

Brought to you for August by Máire Brophy, Secretary to the Octocon Committee! Last year, I finally got around to watching Star Wars Rebels which introduced me to the bone chilling villain Grand Admiral Thrawn, a master tactician who seeks to understand a culture through art in order to exploit it. We’ve yet to see…

What We’re Enjoying – Supernatural Academy

Our Head of Programme and Accessibility Officer, Kat Dodd, recently watched “Supernatural Academy” and is here to talk about it. I am an adult that unironically loves to watch Disney shows and movies aimed at kids, so I’ve had “Supernatural Academy” on my peripheral for a while and just hadn’t watched it yet. The main…

What We’re Enjoying – Girls Who Slay Monsters

Our membership officer MaryBrigid is currently enjoying ‘Girls Who Slay Monsters’ by Ellen Ryan and Shona Shirley MacDonald and shares a review.  Ireland has always been very proud of  our rich history of legendary heroes that inspire us even to this day, but how many of us know about the amazing women from our past,…

What We’re Enjoying: The Forgotten Dead

Our Chaotic Goose Faranae (otherwise known as our Virtual Manager) presents a review of Jordan L. Hawk’s The Forgotten Dead. Dr. Nigel Taylor is mostly a typical academic, except his specialty is parapsychology despite refusing to work with anyone claiming to be psychic. Yes, he’s got some hangups. Unfortunately, like all academics, the pursuit of…