We’re delighted to announce our guests of honour for 2027!
Octocon will return on the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of October 2027. We will also continue our tradition of holding Octocon both in-person and online.
Our 2027 Venue is the Tower Hotel, Waterford!
Registration is opening in November.
Guests of Honour: Emily Tesh and Alan Nolan
Emily Tesh
EMILY TESH is a UK-based author of science fiction and fantasy. Her debut novel, Some Desperate Glory, won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Tesh is also a winner of the Astounding Award, and the author of the World Fantasy Award-winning Greenhollow duology.
Alan Nolan
Alan Nolan is an author, illustrator and comic creator. His comics include the award-winning Sancho and Lil’ Bram. His children’s books include Fintan’s Fifteen, Conor’s Caveman and the Sam Hannigan series, and he is the illustrator of the popular Gordon’s Game books written by Gordon D’Arcy and Paul Howard, as well as Animal Crackers by Sarah Webb. He is the recipient of the Children’s Books Ireland 2024 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Books. His book Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens was shortlisted for An Post Children’s Book of the Year 2024 (Senior), and his new book, Lights, Camera Mayhem!, the second in his Grand Central Cinema Club series (which has also been adapted as a children’s musical), is out now!
http://www.alannolan.ie