Starting off our author profiles ahead of issue 1 is @payperbacwriter.bsky.social !!! We can't wait bring her phenomenal story to the fandom and to have her read at our launch at @norncon.bsky.social. Tickets for NORNCON available at: norncon.org #sciencefiction #ireland #author #convention

Next up on our author profiles ahead of issue 1 is D.C Forde!!! We're absolutely buzzing to present D.C's work as part of issue 1 and can't wait bring his gorgeous story to the fandom at our launch at @norncon.bsky.social on the 9th of May!! Tickets for NORNCON available at: norncon.org

Today's Sci-Fi-I Sunday Funday is a shameless plug for our launch at @norncon.bsky.social, a picture of Mark's new strawberry plants and a fancy wee whiskey his granda shared for Easter. Information and tickets for NORNCON available at: norncon.org #sciencefiction #ireland #sundayfunday #whiskey

Crowd favourite Samuel Poots will be joining us! A writer and games designer from N. Ireland, who communicates primarily through Pratchett quotes. He is Ulster University’s current writer-in-residence. Follow Sam across social media as @pootsidoodle

Finally Got around to getting my membership for Norncon. First con I’ve managed to get to since Dublin Worldcon

Did you get paid today? Saving up to buy your membership? Now is the time. This is the way -

Things are hottjng up as we begin to finalise our programme - have you got your membership yet? Www.norncon.org

I'll be a Guest of Honour @norncon.bsky.social in Belfast on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th May alongside @aptshadow.bsky.social ! I'm so excited! It should be a fantastic event. Memberships and more information via the link in the comments below.

After 40 days and nights in the astral plane - reading, editing and communing with the gods of science fiction - we are delighted to have our eight open submission stories for issue 1!! We'll be shining the spotlight on each of our authors in the run up to @norncon.bsky.social so watch this space!!

Welcoming Nikita Rogers, an Urban Fantasy author from the North of Ireland. By day a tattoo artist, by night she scribes stories steeped in magic. A lifelong Pagan witch, you will find a lot of real magic and true witchcraft history in her books. You can find contact info at www.nikitarogers.com

Looking forward to welcoming Mike Chinn! Mike lives in Birmingham with his wife and their tribe of guinea pigs. He’s written fiction that runs from Westerns to Sword & Sorcery and Space Opera, via Horror and his Damian Paladin pulp adventure stories and the occasional Sherlock Holmes pastiche.

Super excited that Ian McDonald will be a guest! Ian is a SFF writer living in Co Down. His debut, Desolation Road, was a Locus Award winner. He's written ever since, and has won the Hugo, Philip K Dick and Campbell Memorial awards. He has three cats. Pray for him.

It’s great to welcome debut authors to the convention! Stephen Daly is a queer author from Belfast, who is passionate about how people make sense of who they are and where they are from. He grew up around stories. Eventually he realised he was circling what he actually wanted to do: tell stories.

@kaliereid.bsky.social is a fantasy and romance author currently living in Belfast. Her romantasy debut about an exiled saint and the iconographer sent to paint him, The Sacred Space Between, came out in 2025 with Harper Voyager. We’re absolutely delighted that Kalie will be joining us as a guest

Joining us with their best queer reading recommendations, the Book Witches, friends Sami and David, met 8+ years ago while working in a coffee shop and have been stuck together ever since! They are looking forward to sharing some recommendations with you all!

We’re delighted to be joined by @shaunalawless.bsky.social whose Gael Song series has been a real hit! She is an avid reader of the mythology and history of Ireland which inspired her to write the Gael Song, a historical fantasy series nominated for Best Debut at the British Fantasy Awards.

Our next guest is Byddi Lee, author of Barren, The Rejuvenation Trilogy, and March to November. She publishes flash and short fiction, and manages Flash Fiction Armagh. Byddi also writes for stage, including her climate-change play Toxic Relationships. For more information, visit www.ByddiLee.com.

Bursary applications! We have a number of bursaries available for the convention, giving full access to all panels, events and shenanigans. If you would like to apply please message the page or mail [email protected] 🙂

if you’ve not read THE CALL, it’s an absolute copper-bottomed ocean-going banger, now in a lovely 10th anniversary edition

On the relaunch of his iconic take on Irish mythology, The Call, it’s perfect to introduce guest Peadar Ó Guilín. Peadar’s first novel, The Inferior, "a stark, dark tale,” was translated into eight languages. His next novel, "The Sword Garden", will be published by Wizard's Tower Press, in April

TIL that it isn't "Kiss from a rose on the brain" but "kiss from a rose on the grey" and that... makes less sense, actually...?

A present from my sister. Words to live by.

Out today in audio, The Lore of Silver, the sequel to The Book of Gold, book 2 of The Feral Gods. A stolen relic, a missing girl, a horror unleashed. Narrated by the incomparable Helen Keeley . Are you ready to go back to Amberes? www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lore-... @hodderscape.bsky.social

Guest announcement! Oisín McGann is an award-winning writer and illustrator. His latest novel is 'Steel-Plate Subversive', an alternative history espionage thriller. He lives somewhere in the Irish countryside, where people don't have to hear him ranting about AI slop. @oisinmcgann.bsky.social

We’re delighted to have writer RB Kelly joining us as a guest, who grew up in Northern Ireland and started writing stories as soon as she was old enough to hold a pen. Her debut novel, Edge of Heaven, was shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award.

@norncon.bsky.social - @aptshadow.bsky.social will be a guest of honour!

DEALER TABLES ARE ON GENERAL SALE Book now to avoid disappointment! Tables are limited to 2 per business and cost £10 each. You must also purchase membership to be a dealer. Preference will be given to dealers in Northern Ireland Email: [email protected]! We can't wait to hear from you!

Eeee! Putting the gang back together

Jack’s always such a fun guest! #Norncon #Belfast Join us!

Jack has a wealth of knowledge of Irish SciFi, Fantasy and Horror. Really excited to see him in Belfast at @norncon.bsky.social in May!

Our next guest announcement is the inimitable Jack Fennell - a writer and researcher who teaches at the University of Limerick. He is the editor of three fiction anthologies collecting lesser-known Irish science fiction, fantasy and horror stories respectively.

So excited to be part of @norncon.bsky.social ! Can't wait for May! Come and join us. norncon.org

Lots of guest announcements to come starting with an author we love - Ruth Frances Long/ Jessica Thorne who writes romance and fantasy from the heart which often strays into weird and wonderful liminal places. @rflong.bsky.social

WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE! In 700 words or less! Welcome to all writers both new and old, apply for the chance to have your moment on the stage! Send submissions to: [email protected] Come and join us Friday 8th of May for our open mic at NornCon! Tickets @ norncon.org

We are so excited to welcome @annasmithspark.bsky.social as our guest of honour with @aptshadow.bsky.social - come along!

Sent out a bunch of emails to local Irish authors in my role as Head of Programming for @norncon.bsky.social - Belfast's newest science fiction and fantasy convention! If you're a speculative fiction author who would like to get involved, give me a shout! 🛸 #Belfast

Norncon.org - click the join now button, pay your membership and then fill in the form. Easy!

Huzzah! Come along for the craic! @aptshadow.bsky.social and @annasmithspark.bsky.social are such fantastic guests!

Make sure you drop by @norncon.bsky.social and say hi! #Octocon #Octocon2025 #Fantasy #SciFi #WorldCon

We are so looking forward to welcoming you!

At my first @octocon.bsky.social panel of the day (I know, I know, it's 4pm but I have been having a blast sitting behind the @norncon.bsky.social table) @pauljholden.com and @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social are being delightfully chaotic, and @paulcarroll.bsky.social is gleefully enabling them.

Come find me - free t-shirt for any one who joins today! (While stocks last.)

So excited to be involved in this new science fiction and fantasy convention coming to Belfast in May!!

At @octocon.bsky.social for a great day of conventioning! Have a blast.!

It’s official! We decided to have a small convention next 8-9 May. We have the terrific @annasmithspark.bsky.social and Adrian Tchaikovsky as our guests of honor. You can find out more on our website norncon.org We’d love it if you could join us! And if you’re at Octocon today say hi to Tommy!

Something exciting is happening in SciFi conventions in Northern Ireland!

Stay posted for our first guest announcements this week! And if you’re at @octocon.bsky.social this weekend, pop over and say hi!

We're back! #Octocon2025 will take place on Saturday, 11th October 2025, Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin & online, and Sunday, 12th October 2025, online. Check out https://octocon.com/ to keep up to date with guest announcements and more! Image as per post. #octocon #scifi #Fantasy #fandom #horror