Our traders lineup is changing: Morayah Paper has had to withdraw but we found a replacement: Anthea West, a comic artist, writer, and illustrator. Visit the Octocon Trade Hall to see the rest of our lineup!
Latest Octoposts
Programme Highlights: Cosplay
We love to dress up for Octocon – and so does Octo! – and we’re delighted that our Cosplay Parade is returning for the fourth year. (Check out our 2022 gallery!) We also have cosplay guests – Fenek and Przysto – and they’re helping us put together an exciting and interactive cosplay programme both in-person…
Programme Highlights: Workshops and Talks
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 and talks 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 and talks…
Meet Our Guests!
We’ve got an amazing set of guests joining us across the weekend at Octocon, and you’ll have the opportunity to join an informal chat with almost all of them, whether around a table at the Maldron Hotel on Saturday or in a Zoom meeting across the weekend. Our Saturday in-person guests will also be taking…
Collaboration: Tallaght Academy of Sequential Art
We’re delighted to be collaborating with the Tallaght Academy of Sequential Art (TASQ Art) at Octocon 2025. TASQ Art is an institution dedicated to the art and craft of sequential storytelling, cultivating the next generation of comic book artists, filmmakers, and game designers. They’ll be part of Octocon across both our in-person and online days:…
Online Volunteers Needed
This year, Octocon is running a full programme online on both days of the convention (Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2025), and we need volunteers to help us! We are especially looking for people who either have streaming experience or would like to train up to produce our streamed panels via OBS. Full training…
Wanted: Your LGBTQ+ Books for Outhouse
Octocon’s chosen charity partner this year is Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre in Dublin. They host a library of almost 4000 LGBTQ+ books and we would like to contribute some science fiction, fantasy and horror books to the collection! If you have a printed book or two you’d like to donate, we’d like you to let us…
ABSOLUTE last call for programme participants
We’ve decided to extend our registration for programme participants until 8:00am Irish time on Saturday 13th September – this will give any last volunteers the chance to look through our list of panels they might like to be on before the deadline for panel applications closes at noon on Monday 15th. So if you’ve got…
Help Needed: ISBNticing
We’re planning to run a panel-slash-gameshow at Octocon this year where panellists have to guess the identity of a book based only on a brief description – similar to the way some bookshops offer ‘a blind date with a book’ where the book’s wrapped in plain paper with some clues to the subject and themes…
Charity Partner 2025: Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre
Octocon is delighted to announce our charity partner for 2025: Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre in Dublin. For more than 25 years, Outhouse has been a space for LGBTQ+ people to connect with one another, with their community, and with themselves. In addition to offering LGBTQ+ events, programmes, and support services, the Outhouse building in the centre…