On the weekend of 11-12 March, a group from the Octocon Team will be attending Dublin Comic Con. We’ll have a table in the fan village on the Liffey Level, beside the Artist Alley. Our Chair will also be tabling with his comic collective. We’re excited to get to talk to people about the plans…
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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,…
Sarah Rees Brennan – Guest of Honour
We are delighted to announce our 2023 Guest of Honour is none other than Sarah Rees Brennan! Sarah is an Irish writer of dark fantasy and light-hearted jokes, whose books have been New York Times bestsellers, shortlisted for the Mythopoieac, Locus and Lodestar awards, and nominated for the Carnegie. Her newest portal fantasy novel, Long…
Octocon Presents: Fireside Fan Chat
In case you missed it, our first Octocon Presents of 2023 will be live from Wednesday, the 8th of February @ 8pm IST. Shortly before Christmas – and before a few power outages for our Chaotic Goose/Virtual Manager Faranae – members of our team sat down for a ‘fireside fanchat’ to reflect on their favourite…
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…
Octocon 2022 Programme Book & Survey
Octocon 2022, our first hybrid convention, took place on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th of October 2022 in Croke Park and Online. Why not make sure to review the online programme items from 2022 and catch up on the conversation? Some programme items have a limited time period of availability. The first of these are…