Hello! This is Octocon’s Accessibility Officer, Kat Dodd! The reason for this message is to explain the current set up at the Gibson Hotel. The main floor that Octocon will be using is easily accessible by the escalators, as well as the main lifts. The upper floor is only accessible by a flight of stairs,…
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Octocon Presents on Culture Night – How Do You Spell Fairy?
Join us ONLINE for Culture Night, Friday 22nd September at 6 PM on our YouTube channel! For such a small island, Ireland’s folklore certainly has a vast variety of Fair Folk, many of whom have influenced the various types of fairies, pixies, sprites and elves across many fictional realms and worlds. ‘Fairy’ is often the…
A Shiny New Pin
Two things you need to know about our Chair for 2023 – he helps run Limit Break Comics, and he’s obsessed with pins! To mark his first year as Chair, Limit Break Comics have created a brand new enamel pin to launch at Octocon this year, with most of the profits going towards the convention.…
Cosplay Parade at Octocon
We look forward to seeing people cosplaying at Octocon, especially since we’re doing a Cosplay Parade this year! It’ll be on Saturday afternoon, and everyone will get to have their moment “on the stage” (we do not actually have a stage this year for accessibility reasons) before we parade around the main floor, stopping in…
Glasgow 2024 at Octocon
Octocon is thrilled to announce that we’ll be joined by the lovely folks from Glasgow 2024, a WorldCon for Our Futures as they ready themselves for the final year ahead of their convention. You’ll be able to catch them at their fantable in the Concourse area of the Gibson – where our registration desk will…
What We’re Enjoying – Path of War
September’s What We’re Enjoying comes from Gwen Frazer, Social Media wrangler. In the world of fantasy and science fiction, where I reside, every convention feels like a portal to another dimension. I’m based in the enchanting city of Galway, and my passion for these conventions has led me to various corners of Ireland, UK, Sweden,…
Octocon 2022 Gallery
We know you’re impatient: there’s still over a month to go before Octocon. To tide you over, we unpacked our time machine to bring you a gallery of pics from the Octocon 2022 weekend in Croke Park, taken by our official 2022 photographer, David McConnell. If you haven’t got your 2023 membership yet, head over to…
Octocon Does Found Family Fortunes: the Threequel
Octocon is hosting our third episode of Found Family Fortunes during this year’s convention, and we’d like you to answer these fun survey questions! Don’t think too hard, just put down the first thing that comes to mind, and feel free to skip any question that you don’t understand or if it’s taking you too…
Octocon at Dublin Comic Con – Summer Edition
Octocon is delighted to announce that we’ll be at Dublin Comic Con this month, with a fantable and a panel! Join us for a lively discussion on Sunday at 11am in the Geek Ireland room (subject to change by DCC) as we explore the topic of No Space for You (So Make Your Own): Disability,…
Sin Blaché
We’re delighted to announce a new pair of Online Guests for 2023! Sin Blaché and Helen Macdonald are the co-authors of Prophet, an upcoming novel from Vintage (Penguin Random House UK). The novel is Blaché’s debut. Sin Blaché (she/they) is a Black Irish musician and author. They have been writing horror and sci-fi stories all…