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…
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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…
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…
We-Consent
Last month, members of the Committee and assorted partners took place in a We-Consent workshop by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Our experience was generally more positive than not, with a couple of moments that took us by surprise throughout the day. The workshop was facilitated by Dave Dunn and Frankie Nesirky (DRCC), inviting the…
Helen Macdonald
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. Helen Macdonald (she/they) is a writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science. Her book H is for Hawk won…