Our next newsletter goes out towards the end of July, and we would love to hear what Otocon members have been enjoying, and why. Send a sentence or three to [email protected] by 17th July. We will have space for submissions in our July newsletter.

Join us for our Monthly Hangout Tuesday 14th July @ 7:30pm IST. Declan will be leading a chat about this year's Hugo Finalists.

Want to try your hand at something new? Interested in how books are brought to life? In one week, Oisín McGann leads a very special, one-hour lunchtime taster workshop on book illustration here at the Irish Writers Centre. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/word...

It’s TELL THE WIND AND FIRE day. My dystopian NYC tale, in which a magical celebrity’s life changes forever when her sweet boyfriend is rescued by his own sinister doppelgänger, re-releases a new Sarah’s Version with a LOVELY new cover by Colin Verdi! www.harpercollins.com/products/tel... #booksky

Charms, Charts, and Conspiracies is out in one week TODAY. And you can get to hear the amazing audio performance on day one! mybook.to/charms

We're excited to announce that Ruth Ennis will be joining us as a guest in Cork! octocon.com/2026/06/ruth...

Congratulations to all the authors shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, but especially our Online Guest of Honour for this year, @premeemohamed.com!

Join us live on YouTube Monday 20 July @ 8pm IST for a reading and interview with one of our 2026 Guests of Honour, Adrian Tchaikovsky. Octocon 2026 & 2025 members are invited to join us on Zoom after the streaming ends (8:45) for a private Q&A. octocon.com/2026/06/octo...

We are thrilled to announce Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, Locus, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist Premee Mohamed as Online Guest of Honor for Octocon 2026 octocon.com/2026/06/prem...

This Sunday I'm going to be at Otherworlds scifi festival with panels at 1pm "Ireland as a setting for Science Fiction" and 3pm "Fantasy in the age of AI". And I'll be around to sign books as well. Come and say hello!

Green City Wars by @aptshadow.bsky.social is out today. Set in a bioengineered city where Human civilization is tended to by a menagerie of animals. Class consciousness, and at its core two first-rate characters Scotch and Lulu. I would read more mysteries featuring these two and this setting.

Congratulations and best wishes to our 2021/22 Guest of Honour Philippa Ryder - this year's Grand Marshal of Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride! #pride🌈 #pridemonth🌈 Find out more: dublinpride.ie

Retro Computing & Gaming Day returns on Saturday 11 July, Expect old computers, classic consoles, games, demos, controllers and plenty of glorious CRTs. There will also be a random game tournament, followed by pizza and a Quake III Arena or Unreal Tournament ’99 LAN party www.tog.ie/2026/06/back...

Two former Guests of Honour on this panel along with some other excellent writers. Enjoy the chaos, everyone!

Rooms available at our convention rate are going fast, but there are still some available. For venue information, please visit our website: octocon.com/venue/

We're just three weeks away from our next DCAF event! July 12th, Bohemian Football Club, Dalymount Park, Dublin 7. Comics, coffee, book launches, workshops and talks! Will we see you there? 💛 Our gorgeous poster by @lukeazie.bsky.social

More than just our annual convention, Octocon is a diverse and supportive community that comes together for fan chats, interviews, and hangouts throughout the year. To join, or for more information, visit our website: octocon.com/join-us/

In honor of #Bloomsday, available for free download: the 12,000 word #novella telling how the Fair Folk of Dublin were hunted by a deadly threat from the modern world... and how they sought the help of #Ireland 's the first superhero. Available free at #Ebooks Direct: "Herself." dduane.link/Herself

Another thing I missed until just yesterday was the Otherworlds Sci-fi Festival in Wexford town running across multiple venues from the 25th to 28th of June. www.instagram.com/otherworldss... @octocon.bsky.social maybe of interest

Join us tonight, 7:30PM- 9PM IST, for our monthly hangout. Declan J will be hosting a fan chat about Project Hail Mary, film and book. Octocon members, check your email, the Discord, or Member portal for the Zoom link. Not a member yet? Join us! octocon.com/2026/06/hang...

Underestimate these women and amazing writers at your peril. Have had the joy of meeting them via @octocon.bsky.social 💙📚

Print on demand is live in the Republic of Ireland! Much love to Nick who made us aware of the postage issue and we're delighted to see issue 1 landing on his doorstep looking gorgeous 🍀 💚 🍀 Issue 2 submissions remain open!!! #sciencefiction #ireland #irishwriters #opensubmission

Once upon a time I used to say I don't write horror and I don't write short stories. Now both! My horror short story, Rules for Crossing the Woods at Night, based on the darker side of Irish folklore is in Of Dread, Decay and Doom! Out next week.

Just a reminder (for folks NOT in the UK, where we can't sell directly due to Brexit): want a whole #ebook store-ful of #sciencefiction and #fantasy #ebooks? Get 'em here. 🙂 ebooks.direct/products/ebo...

Trade Hall applications are open for Octocon 2026! Read full details and apply here: octocon.com/octocon-trad...

Today's the day! Magic, Maps, and Mischief is out on audiobook from Simon Maverick! Available everywhere you can get audiobooks :) Thanks for everyone's support in making this happen 🙏 🦉 Https://mybook.to/magicmapsandmischief

After the roaring success of our inaugural issue Sci-Fi Ireland is now accepting submissions for issue 2. If you want to get published, get paid and be part of the new wave of Irish Science Fiction then get your stories in to to us by July 26th!!! 🚀👾🤖👽 #sciencefiction #ireland #opensubmission

Fantasy readers, romantasy readers, dragon people, myth people, “I am only buying one book” liars: Hazel McBride is in conversation with Shauna Lawless this Thursday at Chapters. Chat, Q&A and signings. Come be intense about magic with us!

Are you a queer author? Could you use $100 to help you with your writing journey? Apply for our LGBT+ Writer's Grant today! Or, y'know, anytime this month. 🏳️‍🌈 Full details here: sliceduppress.com/lgbtwritingg...

Look, I made some new evergreen promo graphics with first lines! This one's for my demi/allo friendship meetcute exceedingly heavily implied friends-to-lovers fantasy novel. (If by "exceedingly heavily implied" you mean "the narrators explicitly tell you so".) More info: dovelynnwriter.com/b...

Rereposting for the morning crowd the post I reposted for the evening crowd, whereas the afternoon crowd got it fresh and untarnished.

We are excited to reveal our special edition of The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan in collaboration with Orbit! 💀 Enter a world of dungeons and dragons, magic and manticores, goblins and gargoyles in this captivating standalone fantasy

“The twists don’t let up, with each revelation weirder than the last. A magnificent and original delve into where the human meets the alien” - Adrian Tchaikovsky on The Sword Garden by Peadar Ó Guilín wizardstowerpress.co...

Our next monthly zoom hangout will be Monday 15th June, 7:30pm IST. Including fan chat about Project Hail Mary, film and/or book. Also available is a spoiler-free breakout for general chat. octocon.com/2026/06/hang... #Octocon #scifi

@garymoloney.bsky.social !

It's Enniskillen Comic Fest this weekend! Have a great time everyone! www.facebook.com/EnniskillenC...

We’re heading to Cork this weekend. Tog Hackerspace will be at Cork Carnival of Science in Fitzgerald Park on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June, 11am to 5pm each day. Find us on Discovery Drive with hands-on projects, games, blinking lights and maker fun. www.tog.ie/2026/06/tog-...

RIP Anthony Head. Best known as Giles to many, but to me he’ll always be the Nescafé man ☕️

16 very queer and DRM-free books for just $30? Don't mind if I do. Check out the 2026 Pride StoryBundle, featuring Chaz Brenchley, Geoff Ryman, Melissa Scott, JB Lemberg and many others: storybundle.com/pride

Terrifying prospect given the image is shown as from a train moving at top speed.

It is day one of #Cymera2026! The first workshop is about to start, and there are events other events throughout the day: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26

Love video games? Want to learn a new skill? Join acclaimed games writer Charlene Putney for a crash course in writing for video games, kicking off online in two weeks! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

- What do you do? - I edit fiction. - What does that mean? - Well, to cut a long story short. - - - - - - - - - Yes?

On Saturday I shall be @booksupstairs.bsky.social with these fine Irish writers and a professor discussing myth and magic! Pray come see us. #booksky

2026 Pride Bundle, the Twinks are in you! A genuinely incredible bunch of books for $30: An Oz masterpiece from Geoff Ryman, books by @chazbrenchley.bsky.social & @fozmeadows.bsky.social, brilliant releases from @neonhemlock.bsky.social @wtpress.bsky.social @wctracy.bsky.social, and MORE. 💙📚🌈📚

Happy Pride everyone. Have a fantastic month! #Pride #LGBTQ #Octocon

June has come around again and you know what that means. It's time for the #PrideBookFair. This year I'm in the Pride Hard bundle on Itch. Not only is A Promise Broken available at a whopping 90% discount, it comes with 36 other AWESOME books! itch.io/b/3675/pride...

Happy Pride month from all at Octocon! #Octocon #pride🌈

Busy and productive Octocon programme meeting this evening! Have you give us your suggestions yet, or let us know you'd like to take part? octocon.com/programme/