I have finished up with Octocon! I mean, technically I had my final committee meeting last night, and I have a handover meeting with the new co-Chair this week, but the public-facing stuff is all done. I know there are a few more photos of me from the weekend floating about, but I can’t seem…
I’ve been talking about Octocon as a convention pretty much since I started writing my newsletter during the pandemic. I think I’ve been part of the team for most of the newsletter’s existence. After the weekend (well, technically after the post-mortem in a few weeks), that’ll all be over. I have very mixed feelings about it, because…
I write this from my hotel room in Glasgow for WorldCon 2024, with my badge collected and the Aviator Octo resting ahead of the weekend. I’m on five panels this weekend (moderating one). Deep breaths… here we go. From Prose to Pow! Friday 9 August 2024, 11:30 – Argyll 2 Nnedi Okorafor, Rebecca Roanhorse, N.K. Jemisin: all…
Octocon 2023 is over! We had some ups and downs, as all conventions go, but all in all it was wonderful! I survived my panels, which included getting to talk Irish folklore and YA (separately) with Ruth Long, and getting to talk comics and Barbie with Kat and Danielle, with Michael Carroll also on the…
The other big news I have this week is about Dublin Comic Con. I’ve already said I’ll be there, but now I can reveal that Limit Break Comics has two panels lined up for it! I need a proper map, but in the meantime… there I am: Now, onto the panels! The Octocon crowd (who…
This weekend is Octocon, starting on Friday October 1st at 7.45pm with the Opening Ceremony. I have a busy weekend ahead of me after that, moderating three panels, appearing on a game show, launching a book and running a workshop! I’ve planned out my whole weekend to fill with other programme items, too, so it’s…
This past weekend, Octocon 2020 took place online. It was an opportunity to keep the convention running, even in the face of a global pandemic, spreading members’ attention across Zoom, Twitch and Discord for a free weekend celebrating fandom and genre fiction. I was fortunate to be offered a Dealer Room channel on the convention’s…