At Octocon 2024, we’ll be fundraising for St Michael’s House. Here’s co-Chair Paul on the decision behind selecting St Michael’s House to support in Octocon 2024: In March of this year, my aunt Victoria passed away after a short battle with cancer. I grew up being told Victoria was Special, a word I later learned…
Latest Octoposts
The Octocon Map
Once again, the wonderful Jog Brogzin has designed a map for Octocon! We love the direction that Jog has gone with the map this year. You can throw him praise while he’s in the Concourse this year. Thank you Jog for being such a valued member of the community!
Cosplay Parade – Octocon 2024
We look forward to seeing people cosplaying at Octocon, especially since we’re doing a Cosplay Parade this year! It’ll be on Sunday 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…
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 – No Longer Able to Attend
UPDATE 28 Sept 2024: Sadly, we must announce that Moïra Fowley is no longer able to attend. 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…
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…