Octocon 2024

Octocon 2024

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…

Octocon this Weekend – My Last Con as Chair!

Octocon this Weekend – My Last Con as Chair!

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…

My first Octocon as Chair

My first Octocon as Chair

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…

Octocon 2021

Octocon 2021

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…