Many thanks to @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social for chatting with @csharpwords.bsky.social and the rest of us about All Hail Chaos! If you missed it, you can still watch the public YouTube stream here: www.youtube.com/live/o2iQcW5... #Octocon #Booksky #fantasy

Coming up this evening: evil, chaos and villainy with @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Live on YouTube at 8pm IST. youtube.com/live/o2iQcW5...

And OMG Wooing the Witch Queen WON!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so giddy and happy right now. I met so many amazing authors and other publishing folk tonight, had an incredible time, and this award meant SO much to me. Amazing!!! #romancelandia

Tonight @ 7:30 Irish time! Members, check your inbox or the #Octocon Discord for the Zoom link.

Congratulations to Sci-Fi Ireland! And remember, if you're an Octocon member (2026 or 2025) you can come chat about the first issue in our monthly hangout this Sunday evening! octocon.com/2026/05/hang...

On Star Wars Day, Team Journey Planet is honored to be nominated for this year's European Science Fiction Society Awards (Best Fanzine category) for our work on Journey Planet 93: Andor Season Two, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, James Bacon, and Chris Garcia. Congratulations to all the nominees!

The hour of chaos is nigh. So nigh! Though not so late you can’t preorder. geni.us/AllHailChaos

We're excited to announce that Ryan Cahill, Sunday Times and USA Today Bestselling author of the epic fantasy series The Bound and The Broken, will be joining us in October at the Clayton Hotel in Cork as an in-person guest! octocon.com/2026/05/ryan...

Our next monthly Zoom hangout for Octocon members is Sunday 17th May at 7:30pm IST - we'll be chatting to @sci-fi-ireland.bsky.social, Ireland's newest sci-fi magazine! #scifi #octocon octocon.com/2026/05/hang...

Sci-Fi Ireland is in the house!!! Literally, the magazines are in Mark's house 🦄🚀👽 These 1st edition prints will be available at the phenomenal @norncon.bsky.social Information and tickets for NORNCON available at: norncon.org #sciencefiction #ireland #SFFconvention #NORNCON #Sci-Fi-Ireland

Exclusive: premiering tonightat 8pm BST, @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social reads from his new book (out in June) Charms, Charts and Consequences, a #cosyfantasy tale youtu.be/Kkp_S2WW4u4 #authorreading

Community Fund applications are open! If you would like to attend Octocon but need support with accommodation and/or travel costs, please complete our funding application. A number of free memberships are also available for Cork locals. octocon.com/octocon-comm...

May the Fourth be with you! Happy #StarwarsDay from all of us at Octocon! #maythe4th #Octocon

Come join the team! I promise I'm a kind and caring boss. All of the jobs listed are a small commitment of an hour or two a week at the very most, but they make a HUGE difference to the success of Octocon and our members' enjoyment. #Octocon

If you want to hear me read from The Sword Garden, or answer questions about it posed by Jean Beurlet... Here is the link for tomorrow night at 8pm Dublin/London, 9pm Luxembourg/Paris/Berlin/Warsaw. 3pm in New York and Montréal. Noon in LA and Vancouver. Watch it here: youtube.com/live/DQ4Vjet...

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

A huge congratulations to our Guest of Honour @aptshadow.bsky.social on being a Hugo Awards finalist for best novel this year! #hugoawards #octocon

Out on SUNDAY: a new #VirtueShifters novel with #FakeDating, #FatedMates, and an absolutely ridiculous rabbit! #Preorder now! #romance #ParanormalRomance #CozyRomance #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXL4R94...

Heads up, everyone: half our convention room block at the Clayton Hotel Cork City is now booked. You need to be an #Octocon 2026 member to avail of our convention-rate room block. Find out how: octocon.com/venue/ Book your room early to avoid missing out.

There was a faint puff of smoke from the bottle, and a small genie appeared. "You have freed me," it said, "so I'm obliged to grant you a wish." It hesitated. "But I am not very powerful." I nodded. "Of all things I need, give me the greatest you can." Suddenly, I held a large mug of hot cocoa.

Just one of our 2026 Guests of Honour, saying great things about the book our friend @thecallya.bsky.social will be talking about at our next Octocon Presents at the end of April! octocon.com/2026/04/octo...

I scrape the unsafe oatmeal, tastes normal, into my bowl and eat it all ... -from "Directive" by Rebekah Postupak (@postupak.bsky.social), in Feb's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #shortstory #scifi #horror

Happy International Unicorn Day! We love to dress up for Octocon – and so does Octo! octocon.com/category/cos... #cosplay #UnicornDay #octocon #fantasy

Our next monthly Zoom hangout this Sunday, April 12th, @ 7:30pm IST, features a writing workshop from Kat Dodd as well as general social space. **How to write the novel you think you don't have time to** Octocon 2025 & 2026 members: look for email tomorrow or check Discord. octocon.com/join-us/

Retweeting this for prospective @octocon.bsky.social attendees.

Join us live on YouTube to celebrate @thecallya.bsky.social's new novel The Sword Garden, with a reading and interview. "Never trust the dead." Tue 28 April 2026 @ 20:00 IST #Octocon 2026 & 2025 members are also invited to a private Zoom Q&A. octocon.com/2026/04/octo...

If you're at @easterconuk.bsky.social this weekend, come say hello to our team.

My short, dark Slavic fairytale retelling #fantasy #horror

Hi Everyone! Is anyone attending @easterconuk.bsky.social Eastercon in Birmingham this weekend and can spare us an hour or two on the Octocon fan table? Drop us a message at [email protected]

We're excited to announce that Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social will be joining us in October at the Clayton Hotel in Cork as an in-person guest! octocon.com/2026/04/gare...

For the day that's in it.

4 hours until the deadline for Hugo nominations!

Loved that book!

Wanted: people who'd like to learn how to produce our online streams, and can spare a couple of hours during #Octocon and Octocon Presents You don't need any prior experience as training will be provided. Drop a note to [email protected] asap if you're interested! octocon.com/join-the-oct...

Happy Paddy's Day, everyone!

A fairy-tale retelling by the legendary @cemurphy.bsky.social #octocon #octobooks #fairytales #booksky #fantasy

SUPER QUICK 48 hour sale on the prequel to the upcoming BONE & BLOOD!!! There is a story of a beast, and a merchant’s daughter, and a curse that must be broken. This is not—quite—that story. #FairyTales #booksky #kindledeal ROSES IN AMBER is $1.99 for 2 days only! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

pls preorder my book, it's a retold fairy tale, snow white & rose red, and i have killed myself writing it 😵 #booksky #preorder #romance #fantasy #PerhapsEven #romantasy #paranormalromance #KindOfAnyway #magic #elves #fairytales #sisters #AllTheGoodStuff www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW... 🥹

The countdown for our first #Octocon hangout is on! Join us tonight, Sunday 8th March, from 7:30pm to 9pm on Zoom. #SciFiConvention #Fandom

Just a few days to go! All members of Octocon 2025 and 2026 are welcome to attend. First Octocon Hangout – Sun 8th March on Zoom octocon.com/2026/03/firs... #Octocon #Fantasy #SciFi #Fandom #SciFiConvention #CorkCity

Happy World Book Day from all of us at #Octocon! #worldbookday #worldbookweek #amreading

"Once upon a time a widow had two darling little girls & they made friends with a bear & a dwarf was mean to them & when the dwarf got knocked dead the bear became a prince & married Snow White & lived happily ever after" Me: I can do something with that 100,000 words later: BONE & BLOOD :D

The Book of Gold is out in paperback today in the US. (including a bonus Amberes short story) 'History and enchantment woven in a seamless, intricate tapestry' @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social 'Intricately plotted and vividly imagined' M.A. Kuzniar Book 1 of the #FeralGods trilogy in bookshops now

Join us on Zoom this Sunday at 7:30pm Irish time for the first of our monthly Octocon Hangouts - learn more about our plans for 2026 and how you can get involved! If you're a 2026 member or were a 2025 member, look out for an email with the Zoom link. Register for 2026: octocon.com/join-us

Eee, show day! Please come buy some books because I do not have enough boxes to bring them all home again. 😆 Today, 10-6 and tomorrow 10-4 at the Carlson Center!

ICYMI, Congratulations to Mary Robinette Kowal! Kowal's short story “With Her Serpent Locks” is 3rd Place in the Uncanny Magazine 2025 Favorite Fiction Reader Poll! You can read it here! buff.ly/RSWDs7e

And more thanks! @karinasteffens.bsky.social, @christinasng.bsky.social, @lisacai.bsky.social, Brian Malachy Quinn, @kitharding.bsky.social, Alison McBain, @postupak.bsky.social, Garth Upshaw ... www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #reading #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

Or is it undead? My flash Slavic fairytale retelling, "Deathless", is live in this issue of @penumbricmag.bsky.social ! www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #amreading #fantasy