Why not crochet your very own member of the Octo collective? Basic crochet knowledge required. Download the crochet pattern (PDF). Image description: A large red crocheted Octo surrounded by baby Octos in rainbow colours. This post was first created on 21/04/2025
Category: Octocon 2026
Programme Highlights: Games and Amusements
Octocon loves gaming! This year, thanks to some valued volunteers, we’re running games in person and online. We also celebrate the return of our charity table quiz on Saturday evening – and this year, it’s followed by a karaoke session sponsored by the Dublin 2029 Worldcon bid. Games Play D.A.M.N.I.T.Saturday 15:30-17:30, Pegasus 2&3 (Clayton Hotel)In…
2026 Programme Highlights: Workshops
We always love to help our programme participants and guests share their knowledge with you, and we’ve got a great line-up of workshops for you again this year! Whether you’re a writer or worldbuilder or crafter or just curious, we have something for you! Check out the full programme. All workshops last for about an…
2026 Programme Highlights: Cosplay
We love to dress up for Octocon – and so does Octo! – and we’re delighted that our Cosplay Parade is returning once again! (Check out our full 2025 gallery!) Cosplay ParadeSaturday 14:30, Pegasus 1 (Clayton Hotel)Show off your cosplay and strut your stuff on the Octocon red* carpet in the Cosplay Parade! All ages…
Programme Highlights: Guests of Honour
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 Meet the Authors Sign-ups required, opening Sunday 27th…
Hangout – Sunday 13th September
Our next monthly hangout will be Sunday 13th September from 4pm to 5:30pm IST It’s our last Zoom hangout before Octocon happens – come along and chat about what you’re looking forward to this year, and meet some of our fellow members too. There will be some teasers about what’s going to be on the…
Jean Bürlesk – Online Guest
Jean Bürlesk is a storyteller. He writes, he reads, he acts, he makes jokes nobody understands. He would sing and dance, but he has no sense of rhythm or melody. Sometimes he still sings and dances. As a Luxembourger and a lover of words, he expresses himself in five recognizable languages, as well as the…
Octothorpe: John Coxon – Online Guest
John is a scientist by day, working on the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field, and won the Royal Astronomical Society’s Fowler Award. By night, he co-hosts the Octothorpe podcast. He is a keen tabletop gamer and GMs regularly; in all the other parts of the day, he alternates between feeling guilty…
Octothorpe: Alison Scott – Online Guest
Alison Scott is a London-based SF fan, and one third of the Hugo-winning podcast Octothorpe. She’s also won awards in the past for her fan art, as well as the fanzine she co-edited, Plokta. She’s worked on too many conventions to count and can often be found in the bar. In 2026 she is playing…
Octothorpe: Liz Batty – Online Guest
Liz is a fan, conrunner, and podcaster who started attending conventions in 2003 and has had strong opinions about them ever since. She is one-third of the Octothorpe podcast, launched in 2020 to cover fandom and interesting fannish topics. When she isn’t podcasting she researches tropical diseases in Thailand.