We look forward to seeing people cosplaying at Octocon, especially since we’re doing a Cosplay Parade this year! It’ll be on Saturday afternoon, and everyone will get to have their moment “on the stage” (we do not actually have a stage this year for accessibility reasons) before we parade around the main floor, stopping in…
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J E Hannaford – Online Guest
J E Hannaford is powered by coffee, dragons and whisky. She teaches Biology in the real world and invents fantasy beasts to populate her own. She lives in Suffolk, UK, and pines for the coast and mountains of Wales. A love of nature, biology and the ocean permeates the pages of J E Hannaford’s stories…
AK Faulkner – Online Guest
AK Faulkner is the author of the Inheritance series of contemporary fantasy novels, which begins with Jack of Thorns. AK lives just outside of London, England, with a charismatic Corgi and a violent three-legged cat. AK is agender, demisexual, and demiromantic. Any pronouns will suffice, though she/they/he are preferred. Find her/them/him at
Dr Theresa Tanenbaum – Online Guest
Dr. Theresa Jean Tanenbaum (“Tess”) is a songwriter, performer, game designer, artist, activist, and practicing witch. She recently left a tenured position as an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics at UC Irvine where she was a founding member of the Transformative Play Lab. Her most recent book on Playful Wearable Technologies, co-authored with…
Seth Haddon – Online Guest
Seth Haddon is a queer Australian writer of fantasy. He is a video game designer and producer, has a degree in Ancient History from the University of Sydney. Seth lives in Sydney with a deaf 18-year-old cat. He’s been selected as an Emerging Artist 2024 for the Chateau Dorquevaux Artist and Writers Residency Some of…
Moïra Fowley – In-Person Guest
Moïra Fowley is an author, artist and tarot reader who lives in Dublin with two children, one black cat, and the few plants they can keep alive. Moïra is the author of three critically acclaimed YA novels which have been translated into ten languages, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Irish Book Awards,…
Gary Moloney – In-Person Guest
Gary Moloney is a comic writer from Cork, Ireland, and co-founder of the Limit Break Comics collective. Gary writes across multiple genres, acting as co-editor on the mythology mashup anthologies, Down Below and Fractured Realms. When he’s not obsessing over the morphology of the Irish language or the political dystopia we seem headed towards, Gary…
Kel Menton – In-Person Guest
Kel Menton (they/them) is a non-binary writer from Cork. They did both their degree in English literature and MA in Medieval literature at UCC. When they’re not writing, Kel is a freelance drama and creative writing facilitator and mentor. They enjoy collecting fox paraphernalia, reading tarot, and dying their hair peculiar colours.You can find some…
Robert Cullen – In-Person Guest
Robert Cullen is an Emmy nominated Director based in Dublin, Ireland. He founded the animation studio Boulder Media in 2000 and has worked as a Director and Animation Director on shows such as Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Danger Mouse, The Amazing World of Gumball and Transformers. In 2021 Robert received the Murakami Award for…
Ryann Fletcher – In-Person Guest
Ryann Fletcher is a writer who lives in Glasgow with too many books and craft supplies. She writes science fiction and fantasy novels because real life is boring without spaceships or magic. She loves to cook and go for long hikes in the wilderness, searching for the meaning of life and probably the keys she…