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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Teacup Dragon Sanctuary is out today and Jade and I are off on our adventures (And the ebook is only 99p - mybook.to/TeacupDragon... Or uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...) #StarlingIsland

Hardback of The Teacup Dragon Sanctuary with a small green dragon, on a wall

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Jack Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm thrilled to share this, the first of three stories collected in "A Brilliant Void" to be dramatised by the Skerries Theatre Group! "The Diamond Lens" by Fitz-James O'Brien tells of a mad microscopist who's prepared to kill in his pursuit of knowledge, but ends up paying a surreal personal cost:

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Community Fund applications close on Thursday 17th September, so don't miss your chance to apply! Visit Octocon for full details and to submit your application: octocon.com/octocon-comm... #Octocon2026 #CommunityFund #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Convention #CommunitySupport

Promotional graphic on a purple background announcing a community fund application deadline. Large white text reads: “Community Fund applications close Thursday 17th September. Please visit the Octocon website for more information and to complete an application.” Along the bottom is a black city skyline silhouette featuring a large robot on the left and a dragon flying on the right. The website address “octocon.com” appears in white at the bottom centre.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Are you coming to #Octocon2026? Can you spare a few hours to help us? (Some jobs involve just watching programme!) There are snacks* and perks and some excellent people to work with! (* Online volunteers will need to provide their own, sorry.)

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

101 backers and a new stretch goal announced: keeping in the theme of "can it be shipped flat?", we're aiming for SHARK-MAN mousepads next! I think this be an amazing addition to anybody's office workspace! 😁😍🦈🧑‍💼

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It's interesting as a crime writer (intermittently) to see REACHER and NEAGLEY as two of the very rare characters properly written in the American PI tradition. Most PI shows in the US are actually consulting detective shows, which is interesting as we invented the damn form.

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Starting this November, I'll have 4 books coming out with Boldwood Books! 'A Healer's Guide to Adventuring' is a book I'm incredibly proud of. It's a fantasy adventure story with kindness and growth at its centre - therapy meets D&D. Much thanks to my super agent Laura Bennett :)

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Paul Carroll @paulcarroll.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New book klaxon! Once upon a time, I had notions of publishing a book about an immortal detective, a necromancer, and Death, and their mission to save the world. That book did not go as planned. Instead, I wrote this one.

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Over on my Patreon Friends tier you can now read the short story "Courting House Alvarez", the background to Beatriz and Luca's story in The Lore of Silver. This is Feral Gods 1.5 so beware of spoilers if you haven't read The Book of Gold. www.patreon.com/RuthFrancesL... I even did some art for it!

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Courting House Alvarez (Feral Gods 1.5) | Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne

Courting House Alvarez (Feral Gods 1.5) by Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne on Patreon. Join Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne's community for exclusive content and updates.

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I understand authors having A Vision for their cover art & the temptation to use genAI when they cannot otherwise afford it. I really do. It's hard being broke & wanting something beautiful. But y'know what? I had A Vision for REDEEMER so I crowdfunded being able to pay for it. Same with SHARK-MAN.

The cover of CE Murphy's REDEEMER features a woman in a red bandana and a blue work jumpsuit in the famous Rosie the Riveter pose, with a sword over her shoulder and vampires reflected in the blade. Cover art by Lindsey Look; cover design by Fringe Element. Available at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FTNHZVG/?tag=mizkit-20

The truly incredible cover to CE Murphy's upcoming pulpy paranormal romance novel, THE SEDUCTION OF SHARK MAN, portrays a red-headed woman scientist in a lime green dress beneath a lab coat. She is holding a vial of glowing green goo as an enormous half-man, half-shark, well, SHARK-MAN clutches her to his tremendous chest, her ample bosoms pressing up against his own ample bosoms. He is ginormous. He is tattooed. He is half dressed. She looks lustful. He leers. A laboratory surrounds them. Her thigh curves around his. It's simply incredible.

The image is treated to look like a battered old paperback. The text above them, reading THE SEDUCTION OF SHARK-MAN, is in lurid reds and yellows. A poster to one side cries, "THEIR FORBIDDEN LOVE DEFIED SCIENCE!" The author byline reads "An exciting new romance from C.E. Murphy writing as MURPHY LAWLESS."

It is simply incredible. I would say there are no words, but I've just used 200 of them to describe this. :)

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Anneke @ernerker.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I know it’s tough to know where to put your dollars when it feels like all the zines are running their fundraisers at once. But consider throwing some cash at khōreō, who do incredible work and deserve to be recognized for it

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Sci-FI-Ireland @sci-fi-ireland.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hear ye hear ye! We've a limited number of 1st edition copies of Sci-Fi Ireland available in the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social as part of their Words on the Page festival. There's about 100 of our first run left and 30 of them are in the IWC so get'em before they're gone! #sciencefiction #ireland

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

RELEASE DAY!! So happy to bring you my tenth (!!!!) book - Charms, Charts, and Conspiracies! Appreciate all the support, and enjoy the book(s) 🧙 mybook.to/magicmapsand... mybook.to/charms

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Big congratulations to our Octocon team member @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social for his tenth release day! If you haven't read Magic, Maps and Mischief already, do - and then rush to get Charms, Charts and Conspiracies!

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The purpose of Cork Penny Dinners is simple: to provide nutritious meals in a warm welcoming space where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As always, we’ll be raising money for Cork Penny Dinners during Octocon. You can also donate to them right now! octocon.com/2026/07/char...

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

the chaos of last time I was at Waterstones Leeds… about to be amplified…. #booksky

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Amy Pistone @apistone.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Almost every classicist I know thinks O Brother is the best film adaptation of Homer, despite its one glaring inaccuracy of the costuming being wildly anachronistic for the Bronze Age

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I disagree. The failures and experimentation come before you reach a sellable standard. Buying my books and those of my peers is buying the outcome of hundreds of hours of applied focus, imagination, passion, and rigorously honed technical skills. Same for all creatives.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This week's Sunday snippet comes from my romantasy novella Moontangled, set in a fae-touched woodland in the world of the Harwood Spellbook: books2read.com/moontangled #romancelandia

The front cover of Moontangled, by Stephanie Burgis, shows two young women in fabulous Regency-style evening dress standing back-to-back in the woods beneath a full moon with fae lights sparkling around them.
Above and around it is this snippet of text:
Sparks of silver danced invitingly in the dense trees to her left. They promised danger and temptation and, quite possibly, destruction.
But unlike her former fiancée, Juliana had meant all of her promises. So she lifted her chin, cast a ball of warm light firmly before her, and strode swiftly off the path in pursuit of the errant—and about to be deeply regretful—love of her life.

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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...

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

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

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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

Loo door on train showing a speed-blurred image of the countryside with the caption ‘our doors are opening to more places.’

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

(Relatedly, every time someone has a book coming out--or a short story or an album or a concert or a theatrical production or, IDK, a breakfast cereal--one of their friends says, "WHAT? THAT'S AMAZING, I DIDN'T KNOW!" So keep telling us! The noise of the world is large, keep producing signal!)

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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

Cover of Of The Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley. Art by Ben Baldwin.

Image is of a young woman in a long pale dress stood outside the gates of a large, wooden mansion. The word ‘Verantha’ is written on the gates. White birds fly above her.

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at @weightlessbooks.bsky.social gets you BCS stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of their writing all replies personalized. Thank you!) weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene...

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies 12-Month Subscription

About Beneath Ceaseless Skies Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a six-time Hugo Award finalist and World Fantasy Award-winning online magazine publishing the best in literary adventure fantasy—stories that c...

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 30/05/2026

It was Marcia who cut together the trench run sequence in STAR WARS, using every last second of FX footage, reducing the number of Luke's attempts on the port from three to one, and adding a "ticking clock" of the approaching Death Star. It's her savvy storytelling that makes the sequence coherent.

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STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE Clip - "Destroying The Death Star" (1977)

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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

The Octocon mascot Octo, a red and pink octopus, is smiling while holding aloft the Progress Pride flag.

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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...

Pride Book Fair 2026 Bundle #1: Pride Hard
A Gaze So Longing River Flynn; A Lion Among Mice David Hardie; A Promise Broken S L Dove Cooper; Blood on the Snow Finn McLellan; Carved Water M K Nedjelkovic; Cherry Kicks Red Meat Mitch Miller; Cyber Snow A E Bross; Enemies to Enemies Ash Kreider; Graft Madeline Marie Rose; Have It All Beverly Anne Michael; Hurt To Kill Piamo; Hypatos Rey Rider; Iron Spirit Linn Foster; Javawocky Lou Ella Stone; Jevin Dark Joanna Masters; Lamb Stag Wolf Airic Fenn; Mind Pacc Sloane TVBand; Night Live Alba V Sarria; Non Player Character Veo Corva; Pirates and Poise Zach Prince; Saoirse Kennedy Old Ghosts Janina Franck; Scholarly Pursuits A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories; Silver Blood T L Morgan; Spice of Life ACM; Still So Illegible M K Zariel; Tales of Yamato Odessa Silver; The Edge of a World JD Rivers; The Emerald Hymnal Dylan Cassidy; The Hand That Feeds Sass Everett; The Modern Mythos Anomaly Juniper Lake Fitzgerald; The Thirteenth Key Cara Nox

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Karina Steffens @karinasteffens.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I just saw a deer trying to evolve into a giraffe as it reached for the leaves of a tree.

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

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

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Octocon Presents: Sarah Rees Brennan with All Hail Chaos

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

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

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Octocon Presents: Sarah Rees Brennan with All Hail Chaos

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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

This photo shows a large and heavy glass trophy standing in a protective box on the desk in Steph’s hotel room. It reads: RNA. Romantic Fantasy Award 2025. Stephanie Burgis, Wooing the Witch Queen. Next to that award and box is a certificate that reads: This certificate is proudly presented to Stephanie Burgis, winner of the Romantasy/Romantic Fantasy Award by the Romantic Novelists’ Association.

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

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

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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...

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Journey Planet @journeyplanet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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!

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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

1 week until the release of All Hail Chaos

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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...

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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...

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Hangout with Sci-Fi Ireland - Sun 17th May - Octocon

Our next monthly hangout will be Sunday 17th May from 7:30pm to 9pm, and we'll be chatting to Sci-Fi Ireland, Ireland's new magazine for science fiction

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Sci-FI-Ireland @sci-fi-ireland.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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

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Noor A Jahangir @noorajahangir.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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

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David Green's Cosy Read: Charms, Charts and Consequences

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

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...

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

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

Octocon's mascot, Octo, cosplaying as the Mandalorian with Grogu

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

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

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Peadar Ó Guilín @thecallya.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

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...

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Octocon Presents: Peadar Ó Guilín with The Sword Garden

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

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

Terry and Rhianna Pratchett dressed up for the launch of Dodger in 2012.

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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...

The very cute cover to Murphy Lawless's BUN IN A MILLION features a golden bunny in silhouette against a deep purple background. Hearts, sparkling diamonds, and a variety of architectural and gym icons in pale purples and golds surround the title. There's a silhouetted image of a small town with a big gazebo to one side, and the series title, Virtue Shifters, is featured above the gazebo. Cover art and design by Indigo Chick Designs.

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

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.

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Venue - Octocon

Octocon 2026 Venue Clayton Hotel Cork City and Online Saturday 3rd October – Sunday 4th October, 2026 Where is Octocon 2026 Venue? On the weekend of 3rd

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