Our Guests of Honour for 2026 are Adrian Tchaikovsky, C.E. (Catie) Murphy, and Premee Mohamed (online), and we’ve enticed them onto a range of programme items, including interviews, and Meet the Author sessions where Octocon members can join them for an informal chat.
Guest of Honour interviews
- C.E. (Catie) Murphy – Saturday 17:30, Pegasus 4 & Streamed to the Member Portal
- Adrian Tchaikovsky – Sunday 13:00, Pegasus 4 & Streamed to the Member Portal
- Premee Mohamed – Sunday 17:30, Streamed to the Member Portal
Meet the Authors
- Adrian Tchaikovsky – Saturday 14:30, Tucana room (in-person)
- Premee Mohamed – Saturday 19:00, Zoom (online)
- C.E. (Catie) Murphy – Sunday 14:30, Tucana room (in-person)
Sign-ups required, opening Sunday 27th September 2026.
Panels and more
Adrian Tchaikovsky:
- Starship Alexandria (Live Podcast)
- World-building for Realism
- The Outer Limits: Humanity in SF
- What’s in a Name?
C.E. (Catie) Murphy:
- Don’t Go Alone: The Importance of Writing Support Networks
- Retelling Fairy Tales and Folktales
- Begosh and Begorrah, That Is Not Our Ireland
- The Outer Limits: Humanity in SF
- Crowd-funding Your Creativity
- Writing with Aphantasia
Premee Mohamed:
- The Science of Science Fiction (Online)
- What’s in a Name? (Online)
- World-building for Realism (Online)