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  1. Octo would like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended #Octocon2024, particularly our volunteers, Co-chair Kat Dodd, outgoing Co-chair @paulcarroll and GOH, @jessthornebooks.

    Stay tuned, as we will have post-con posts coming soon.

    #Octocon #SciFi #Fantasy #Fandom #Cosplay #Horror

  2. I am an unfeeling monster who shuns events that require me to wear a mask, so no Octocon for me this year. Also have writing commitments. This is life.

    #Octocon #Octocon2024

    2024.octocon.com/disease-mitig

  3. Our beautiful map was created by visiting map maker, Jog Brogzin. Find your way around #Octocon2024 with this fantasy map version of the Gibson Hotel.

    2024.octocon.com

    #Octocon #Fandom #Fantasy #SciFi #ScifiConvention #ScienceFiction #Cartography

  4. So I know Flights of Foundry has literally just ended, but, because I am Sensible about my time, I'm going to be on more online panels this Saturday!

    (Octocon this time, with Don't Let History Get in the Way of Telling a Good Story and You are in a Panel Room: The Topic is Interactive Fiction)

    #Octocon #Octocon2024

  5. Want to check out what’s happening at #Octocon2024? Look no further than our Programme highlights! Help build and knock down a cardboard city or learn to pick locks like a spymaster! Panels with special guests and workshops to enrich your soul! #Octocon has it all!

    2024.octocon.com/programme/

    #Cosplay #Fandom #Scifi #Fantasy #ScifiConvention #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #BookLovers #MastoDaoine

  6. If you applied to be on the programme for #Octocon2024, don’t forget to check your email! We have extended our survey deadline until the end of Sunday, September 15 (Dublin time). Be sure to fill it out ASAP.

    #Octocon #ScifiConvention #Fandom #Fantasy

  7. Can’t make both days? Don’t worry! You can avail of our day pass membership to attend either Saturday the 5th or Sunday the 6th of October 2024 at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin!

    registration.octocon.com

    #Octocon #Octocon2024 #SciFi #Fantasy #SciFiConvention #Cosplay #Fandom #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #ScienceFictionConvention #Dublin

  8. Guest Announcement: Dr. Theresa Jean Tanenbaum (“Tess”) is a #songwriter, #performer, #GameDesigner, #artist, #activist, and practicing #witch whose work is playful, provocative, and interdisciplinary, frequently straddling the line between art, design, research, and #activism.

    2024.octocon.com/dr-theresa-ta

    #Octocon #Octocon2024 #SciFi #Fantasy #MastoDaoine #SciFiConvention #ScienceFiction #Fandom

  9. Guest Announcement: Ak Faulkner is the author of the Inheritance series of contemporary fantasy novels, which begins with Jack of Thorns. AK lives just outside of #London, #England, with a charismatic #Corgi and a violent three-legged #cat.

    2024.octocon.com/ak-faulkner-o

    #Octocon2024 #Scifi #fantasy #FantasyFiction #SciFiConvention #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #MastoDaoine

  10. Guest Announcement: Ryann Fletcher is a writer who lives in Glasgow with too many books and craft supplies. She writes science fiction and fantasy novels because real life is boring without spaceships or magic.

    2024.octocon.com/ryann-fletche

    #Octocon #Octocon2024 #SciFi #Fantasy

  11. Guest Announcement: Robert Cullen is an Emmy nominated Director based in Dublin, Ireland. He founded the animation studio Boulder Media in 2000 and has worked as a Director and Animation Director.

    2024.octocon.com/robert-cullen

    #Octocon #Octocon2024 #SciFi #Fantasy

  12. Guest Announcement: Moïra Fowley is an author, artist and tarot reader who lives in Dublin with two children, one black cat, and the few plants they can keep alive. Find out more via the link below.

    2024.octocon.com/moira-fowley-

    #Octocon #Octocon2024 #SciFi #Fantasy #Dublin #Ireland #MastoDaoine

  13. Guest Announcement: Kel Menton (they/them) is a non-binary writer from Cork. When they’re not writing, Kel is a freelance drama and creative writing facilitator and mentor. Their first novel, A Fix of Light, is out February 2025.

    2024.octocon.com/kel-menton-in

    #Octocon #Octocon2024

  14. Guest Announcement: Jack Fennell is a writer, editor, translator and researcher whose academic publications include pieces on #sciencefiction, #utopian and #dystopian literature, #monsters, #IrishLiterature, and the legal philosophy of #comicbooks.

    2024.octocon.com/jack-fennell-

    #Octocon #Octocon2024 #SciFi #Fantasy #ComicBooks #Comics

  15. Guest Announcement: @hcor grew up in Cork, Ireland, dreaming of scheming queens and dashing lady knights. She lives in Dublin, writing fantasy novels and haunting coffee shops in search of the perfect latte.

    2024.octocon.com/helen-corcora

    #Octocon #Octocon2024 #SciFi #Fantasy #SciFiConvention #MastoDaoine

  16. #Octocon2024 has two guests of honour, one of which is Ruth Frances Long AKA @jessthornebooks who writes romance and fantasy from the heart which often strays into weird and wonderful liminal places!

    #Romantasy #Artist #SciFi #sciencefiction #fantasy #fantasyfiction #octocon

  17. #OctosFascinatingFacts

    Did you know #octocon2024 is a hybrid event? You can tune in from anywhere in the world with our virtual membership and engage with our online programme!

    Check out our website for more details:

    2024.octocon.com/

    #Octocon #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #ireland #art