Events
Book launch of Have Sword, Will Travel and Let Sleeping Dragons Lie by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
The Trance Mission Diaries – a performance art piece about life, the universe and everything
The Golden Blasters Film Festival – this year, the Best of the Best
Talks
Crossing Neil Gaiman’s Troll Bridge – a presentation by the artist, Guest of Honour Colleen Doran
Dinosaurs at the Movies: The Good, The Bad and the Raptorous!
Workshops
How to Cheat at Drawing with Oisín McGann
Finding the Fantastic in Your Fiction with Ruth Frances Long
Activities
Cosplay Strut – Show off your costume to the convention and strut your stuff on our catwalk! (More details to follow)
Build-a-Monster – After the success of Octocon’s Next Top Monster last year, artist Eimear Kelly has a new project for us. In 2018, we will BUILD-A-MONSTER.
So You Want to Be a Wiki Editor – learn the basics and take part in a wiki edit-a-thon
Octocon Book Club – discuss The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers