It’s come to our attention that when we added an option to donate to the Community Fund while buying your Octocon 2026 membership, the donation field was set as mandatory instead of optional. We have now updated the registration form so you can select to not make a donation when you get your membership. We…
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Octothorpe – Online Guests
We welcome the Octothorpe podcast team as our online guests for 2026! Octothorpe is a podcast about science fiction and science fiction fandom which has been released fortnightly since The Great Podcast Commencement of March 2020. The podcast is hosted by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty: three British fans who wanted to talk…
Charity Partner 2026: Cork Penny Dinners
Octocon is delighted to announce our charity partner for 2026: Cork Penny Dinners. Cork Penny Dinners has been providing homeless support in Cork for over 137 years! In 1888, inspired by a growing movement in London where a single penny could buy a hot, nourishing meal, a group of women in Cork took action to…
Ruth Ennis – In-person Guest (Sunday)
Ruth Ennis (she/they) is a writer from Kildare. Her work has been published in The Irish Writer’s Handbook (Books Ireland) and I Am The Wind (Little Island). Ruth’s debut novel Shorelines (Little Island) is a young adult verse novel retelling of The Little Mermaid, told through the lens of a fat protagonist. Ruth is usually…
Octocon Presents: Adrian Tchaikovsky with Green City Wars
Monday 20 July, 2026 @ 8pm IST Join us live on YouTube for a reading and interview with one of our 2026 Guests of Honour, Adrian Tchaikovsky. Octocon 2026 & 2025 members are invited to join us on Zoom after the streaming ends (8:45) for a private Q&A. An email with the invite link will…
Premee Mohamed – Online Guest of Honour
Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, Locus, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, British Fantasy, British Science Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Crawford awards. In 2024, she was the Edmonton Public Library writer-in-residence, and she has…
Octocon 2026 Trade Hall Applications Are Now Open!
Interested in trading at Octocon? Trade applications are now open for Octocon 2026. Applications close Monday 17h August. This year, we are in-person for two days (Saturday October 10th and Sunday 11th) but will be potentially offering one day spots for those interested, pro-rata. Traders can also have an online presence during the convention on…
Hangout and Fan Chat about Project Hail Mary – Mon 15th June
Our next monthly hangout will be Monday 15th June from 7:30pm to 9pm IST Declan J will be hosting a fan chat about Project Hail Mary, film and book (but if you’ve only read the book or seen the film, you’re still very welcome). There will be spoilers. Also available is a spoiler-free breakout for…
Octocon Presents: Sarah Rees Brennan with All Hail Chaos
Monday 25 May, 2026 @ 8pm IST Join us live on YouTube to hear 2023 Octocon Guest of Honour Sarah Rees Brennan read from All Hail Chaos, the truly evil sequel to her huge hit Long Live Evil, followed by an interview. Octocon 2026 & 2025 members are invited to join us on Zoom after…
Hangout with Sci-Fi Ireland – Sun 17th May
Our next monthly hangout will be Sunday 17th May from 7:30pm to 9pm IST, and we’ll be chatting to Sci-Fi Ireland, Ireland’s new magazine for science fiction literature. About Sci-Fi Ireland Sci-Fi Ireland is an independent literary magazine championing the voice of Irish Sci-Fi writers. The magazine publishes twice yearly in print and digitally. The…