Have to say #Octocon people are wonderful.
Taking part is a great way to learn new skills, knock the dust of old ones, network and make new friends.
#Spéirgorm
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Have to say #Octocon people are wonderful.
Taking part is a great way to learn new skills, knock the dust of old ones, network and make new friends.
#Spéirgorm
Did you know that #Octocon is expanding our team?
If you'd like to help out, check out the available roles on our website.
Join the Octocon Team octocon.com/join-the-oct...
Just a few days to go!
All members of Octocon 2025 and 2026 are welcome to attend.
First Octocon Hangout – Sun 8th March on Zoom octocon.com/2026/03/firs...
#Octocon #Fantasy #SciFi #Fandom #SciFiConvention #CorkCity
Happy World Book Day from all of us at #Octocon!
#worldbookday #worldbookweek #amreading
A screenshot of a website showing a newsletter sign up form and a set of book covers
A sceeenshot of a website showing a set of supernatural book covers
I've given my website a makeover. Gone is the bright and the weird. Say hello to dark and genre-appropriate for my supernatural novels and horror comics.
paulcarrollwriter.com 💀✨️
Huzzah got my @octocon.bsky.social 2026 membership.
The convention is happening in Cork!
3rd and 4th of October in the Clayton Hotel.
Really looking forward to it.
#octocon #spéirgorm
Just a few days before our first monthly Octocon Zoom hangout!
Join us this Sunday at 7:30pm IST to hang out, chat with fellow members, and find out more about our plans for Octocon 2026.
The book cover for THE HUNGRY GODS by Adrian Tchaikovsky on an eReader with a tan circle with white text "99p" against a metal background.
Throughout the month of February, UK readers can snap up the eBook of @aptshadow.bsky.social 's latest TERRIBLE WORLDS standalone novella THE HUNGRY GODS for just 99p!
Now there's a deal that's just too good to miss!
Buy now 👉 https://amzn.to/49T2TNh
The gorgeous new stained-glass-styled covers for BABA YAGA'S DAUGHTER, YEAR OF MIRACLES, and KISS OF ANGELS are done in purpley-blue, orangey-red, and greeny-uh, green, respectively, with Baba Yaga's hut, a stylized flame, and an ouroboros as the central image. Respectively.
The Old Races short story collections are back!
BABA YAGA'S DAUGHTER, YEAR OF MIRACLES, and KISS OF ANGELS are available again at Amazon with stunning new cover art from Fakel Barros Studio!
Print editions coming real soon now. :D
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ9TRG2...
Join us on Zoom this Sunday at 7:30pm Irish time for the first of our monthly Octocon Hangouts - learn more about our plans for 2026 and how you can get involved!
If you're a 2026 member or were a 2025 member, look out for an email with the Zoom link.
Register for 2026: octocon.com/join-us
The Book of Gold is out in paperback today in the US.
(including a bonus Amberes short story)
'History and enchantment woven in a seamless, intricate tapestry' @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social
'Intricately plotted and vividly imagined' M.A. Kuzniar
Book 1 of the #FeralGods trilogy in bookshops now
"Once upon a time a widow had two darling little girls & they made friends with a bear & a dwarf was mean to them & when the dwarf got knocked dead the bear became a prince & married Snow White & lived happily ever after"
Me: I can do something with that
100,000 words later: BONE & BLOOD :D
Sorry for the slowness of this reply! We are in negotiation with the hotel.
A wonderful interview with the very wonderful @diane.dianeduane.com, Octocon Guest of Honour in 2016 along with her much-missed husband Peter Morwood.
The full cover, back and front, of my novel, Steel-Plate Subversive. Overall, it’s a deep blue and sea green, the colour of sea at night. On the front, the view is from above, looking down at the deck of a small, steel-grey submarine at night. The hatch in the low-profile turret is open. A bearded white man in a green woollen jumper and brown flat cap is in the open hatch, holding a Thompson submachine gun. He’s lit from below by the red light inside the submarine. The title is vertical, in orange, down the left side, and the tagline is in white, much smaller to the right: ‘Irish revolutionaries, British spies, German mercenaries, and a submarine that shouldn't exist.’ My name is in white at the bottom. The back cover shows the same submarine in the harbour of a small town at night, racing away at speed. The blurb reads: There's something out there in the water. A shaky truce has been established in Ireland's War of Independence. In 1921, as negotiations begin in London to finally free the Irish from British control, a young intelligence agent named Esther Sinclair discovers that a nightmarish weapon has gone missing in France. Akiko Regan and her cousin Liam O'Leary have made their own discovery: Akiko's father, Michael, is the leader of the mysterious rebel group known as the Selkies. Michael is an engineer who trained under the famous John Philip Holland in New Jersey. At the start of the century, Holland's designs had established the submarine fleets of five nations. But the Irishman's very first submarines were built for the Irish republican movement. The Royal Navy have no idea that a Holland vessel has heen operating in the Irish Sea. Michael had hoped to shield Akiko and Liam from the ongoing violence. Now, however, the family find themselves drawn into a crisis that threatens not just their lives but the future of their country. There’s an Arts Council of Ireland logo across from the barcode, to acknowledge funding for the writing of the book.
I've never understood how nobody has ever written a novel about this before, but there was a brief time when the *Irish republican movement* possessed the first fully functional submarine.
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
My short story "The Cold Moon Crown" will be appearing in the Winter edition of WAXEN, which goes on sale February 1.
If you're into Christmas stories involving weird old-money families with skeletons in the closet, I daresay you might enjoy it.
Our early bird memberships for Octocon 2026 are selling fast! (Weekend Attending & Concession only.)
Get yours asap to make sure you can join in all this year's activities.
octocon.com/join-us
#Octocon #SciFi #Fandom #Fantasy #conventions #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
Book cover of my novel, The Call. Shows creepy hands grabbing at a young girl holding a spear and the legend, "You have three minutes to save your life..."
Just in the door from the lovely folks at @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social This new edition will be available in Ireland and the UK from February 12 😊
Congratulations to our 2026 GOH @aptshadow.bsky.social, last year's guests T.L. Huchu, @justmarvewrites.bsky.social and @khanwong.bsky.social, and all other past guests of Octocon who are on this year's BSFA Awards longlist!
Thanks Carol! We've flagged this with the necessary people - unfortunately our main website is a bit fragile and we're trying to stop this happening as often as it does (or at all).
registration.octocon.com usually works.
Great news for a member of our Octocon team, the very fantastic @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social! It's a lovely book and we wish it very well.
Our friends at Sci-Fi Ireland are still open for short story submissions for the first issue of their new magazine - don't miss your chance to be in the TOC alongside Ian McDonald, RB Kelly and Sam Thompson. #ireland #sciencefiction
First Octocon committee meeting of the calendar year 2026 is done and dusted - we have a lot of planning to do, and not just for one weekend in October! Join us now on an early bird special rate to be sure not to miss out on exclusive events throughout the year. #Octocon
octocon.com/join-us
You can also reach our registration page directly at registration.octocon.com - note that this year you'll need to register your email address before you can buy a membership.
Poster states: Octocon 2026. Saturday 3rd October – Sunday 4th October. Clayton Hotel Cork City and Online. Registration is now Open! €10 off limited Early Bird memberships. octocon.com. Poster includes the Octocon logo and our mascot, Octo the Octopus with a programme book and a badge.
Registration for Octocon 2026 is now open! Clayton Hotel, Cork City & Online on 3rd-4th of October with GOHs @cemurphy.bsky.social y.bsky.social & @aptshadow.bsky.social.
€10 off limited Early Bird memberships:
octocon.com/join-us/
#Octocon #Fantasy #SciFi #Fandom #CorkCity
Check out our cosplay gallery of #Octocon2025 where you can see how awesome and creative our members can be!
https://octocon.com/octocon-2025-cosplay-showcase-gallery/
#Octocon #cosplayers #fandom #scifi #fantasy #anime #gaming #KPop
Our 2025 Guest of Honour Francesca Barbini of @lunapress.bsky.social will be the guest of honour at #Pictcon1 taking place in Perth, Scotland. Be sure to check out the details below.
#scifi #fandom #gaming #ReadingCommunity #books
Hi all! If you attended #Octocon2025 and have subscribed to our newsletter, you'll know we are looking for feedback on our event.
Be sure to follow the link in our newsletter and make sure your voice is heard.
#octocon #SciFi #fantasy #fandom #readingcommunity #scificonvention #cosplay
Me, to myself: if I'm gonna be Captain Pike at @octocon.bsky.social I'll need someone with the skills to make ALL of my hair stand up instead of just the front
Me: well, @gailsimone.bsky.social could do it
I need you all to now imagine my eyes ejecting from my head & turning around to stare at me.
I've set a goal of reading it all before @octocon.bsky.social next October.
