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

#hugoawards #octocon

30K international book bundle giveaway from Solaris. Books include: HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist SINOPHAGIA edited by Xueting C. Ni TERRIBLE WORLDS: DESTINATIONS by Adrian Tchaikovsky AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Ren Hutchings THE GANYMEDAN by R. T. Ester INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayan THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel THE MOUNTAIN CROWN, THE DESERT TALON and A COVENANT OF ICE by Karin Lowachee THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore

🎉30K giveaway book bundle! #💙📚

Inc @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @lavanya.bsky.social @neuvel.net @csecooney.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social

US/CAN/UK/IE only. Like, repost, follow & drop a🌟in the comments! Ends 24/4

Nice to see @ianmcdonald.bsky.social flying the Norncon colours @luxcon! Ian will be joining us on panels as well as interviewing @aptshadow.bsky.social - we’re so excited!

Lovely tribute to Ian Watson on this Warhammer site.

How about this cover for Greton's Marvellous Maps 2, 'Charms, Charts, and Conspiracies'!

Out July 7th on ebook, paperback and audiobook!

Artwork by @lizdelton.bsky.social

Pre-orders: Https://mybook.to/charms

@suspensesiren.bsky.social

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the science fiction writer you need to read right now And there's a good place to start

Why we need to read @aptshadow.bsky.social now!

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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

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.

Take your time, read through the guidelines and go through the survey example, you have til May! Good luck everyone!
(wish me luck too cause I'm so nervous)

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

#basicincomefortheartsscheme #irishartists

Romantasy writing workshop with author Ruth Frances Long, Tuesday 28th April 2026 Dundrum Library, 6pm, FREE - Event Description "Do you want to finally write that Romantasy book that’s been slowly brewing in your head? Join author Ruth Frances Long as she shares her knowledge and get that book written! Booking is needed to attend this event To book, please email dundrumlib@dlrcoco.ie or Tel (01) 204 7220" Includes map - click link in post for more details.

Come to a FREE Romantasy Writing Workshop in Dundrum Library with me on the 28th April, 2026, from 6pm.

Booking is essential
To book, please email dundrumlib@dlrcoco.ie or Tel (01) 204 7220

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Promo graphic for S.L. Dove Cooper's novella All That Glitters. The bright neon, 80s vibe cover with a giant golden flamingo silhouette stands beside a text box with the description and an area with availability details. Text: Elaine is just an average young woman. If you ignore the wealth she inherited when her family died in an accident and the greenhouse holding a talkative yellow (read: golden) flamingo with a flair for drama and theatrics. She's living a completely normal life. Clearly. Until the stormy night a talking aye-aye in a bomber jacket breaks into her house and drags her along into a world of spies and evil scientists attempting to take over the world. And her best friend is in danger. All That Glitters is a novella full of glorious nonsense and amusement as Elaine tries to deal with a world in which animals talk, her best friend has been kidnapped and life isn't what she always believed it to be. Available wide now! ebook More details at: https://dovelynnwriter.com

The same cover for S.L. Dove Cooper's novella All That Glitters. This time it's surrounded by pink bokeh and text with tropes (ish) outlined. Text: Aspec protagonist; Talking animals (most notably: a flamingo); Glorious nonsense; Scifi spy spoof ish; Mad science (off screen); A lot of weird things and the kitchen sink (literally)

🎉RELEASE DAY IS HERE🎉

AAAH! IT'S TIME! You can get All That Glitters, my absolute delightfully bonkers, spyfi(ish), at your preferred eretailer TODAY. I love this ridiculous flamingo. Elaine is having such a terrible evening. The WORST.

Deets: dovelynnwriter.com
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

<hoarsely> i'm not crying you're crying

Our Zoom hangout and writing workshop is tonight at 7:30 pm, IST!

Octocon 2025/2026 members - check your emails or Discord for the Zoom link.

#octocon #scificonvention #writing

One last time, just for the thrill of it...

#OTD 10 April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed, marking a step towards ending decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
#SpéirGhorm #speirgorm #IrishHistory

It's never easy to keep on top of everything. Best of luck (though we're sure you're well able to do it)!

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...

Octonon's mascot, Octo, cosplaying as a unicorn

Happy International Unicorn Day!

We love to dress up for Octocon – and so does Octo! octocon.com/category/cos...

#cosplay #UnicornDay #octocon #fantasy

You're welcome to come and see if they can :)

Join Us - Octocon Registration for Octocon is now open! Join us and become a member of the Octocon community.

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/

Four foot-wide bookshelves filled with books I've written.

28 years of writing in one picture. :)

catiemurphy.com/books for details :)

God, I love shots like this- like they're 1930s b&w silver screen scifi.

Eyes of the Void ebook by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Rakuten Kobo Read "Eyes of the Void The thrilling sequel in this award-winning space opera series" by Adrian Tchaikovsky available from Rakuten Kobo. What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe? Eyes of...

Eyes of the Void by @aptshadow.bsky.social (Adrian Tchaikovsky) is on sale for a quid right now as an ebook, and it's very good.

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An excellent Eastercon from @easterconuk.bsky.social - top quality programming and also a huge thanks for the virtual programme which was greatly appreciated by Annie who couldn’t make it physically.

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

Cover of the book The Sword Garden. An obelisk is surrounded by dark figures and crowned by a ring of flared bright blue light. There is another hooded figure in the foreground with glowing eyes.

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...

I am not doing well with this post! Thanks - have deleted and will repost.

Oh look, it's me!

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

Bone and Blood cover. Dark and light: one half a young women with red hair in an ornate red dress, the other a young blonde woman in an ornate white dress.

Morning Womble! Nearly finished this duology by @cemurphy.bsky.social . The second book is a vibrant and muscular telling of Snow White and Rose Red, full of rawness and believable character but retaining the fairytale qualities of the magical and the liminal.

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