A wonderful interview with the very wonderful @diane.dianeduane.com, Octocon Guest of Honour in 2016 along with her much-missed husband Peter Morwood.
27.02.2026 14:16 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0A wonderful interview with the very wonderful @diane.dianeduane.com, Octocon Guest of Honour in 2016 along with her much-missed husband Peter Morwood.
27.02.2026 14:16 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
ShipItCon is back on September 4th 2026! This year, we’re diving deep into our theme: FRICTION. 🧱💨
How do we reduce it? When is it actually useful? Let's figure it out together.
🎤 CFP IS OPEN! Submit your talks now: ShipItCon.com
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!
✨ Open and Closing Times ✨
We know travel and hotels are a hassle, so we're hoping a preliminary schedule will help with planning!
👉 Registration will be open from 10am on Saturday the 11th!
🎉 Our closing ceremony will begin on Sunday at 6pm.
🎨 Zev
Art by Balese
25.02.2026 20:38 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Attention all con goers, the time has come!
Tickets for Amikon 2026 are now live! Tickets will be €15 for one day and €25 for both! Also to note that children who are 12 and younger may come in for free!
You can find the link to purchase tickets in the Linktree in our bio.
A photo of two people stoof in front of a banner for the Silesian Museum, On the left is Radek, a white man with dark hair and a short beard. He is wearing a green tshirt with the Dublin 2029 logo and is holding a dragon plushie wearing a wizard hat. On the right is a white woman with shoulder length brown hair. Shr is wearing a maroon tshirt with the Dublin 2029 logo and is holding a smaller dragon plushie. The logo is a black silhouetted figure walking over a black bridge. The bridge arcs through a portal towards a green moon-like planet. Blue abstract shapes surround the portal. The logo has a black frame with circles cut-out through it and say ‘Dublin 2029’ vertically on the right side fo the frame.
Have you check out our Redbubble store? We’ve got everything you could need to show your support for the Dublin 2029 bid, from tshirts to baby clothes to stickers to jigsaw! Check out the full range here - buff.ly/EBIZ0yg
23.02.2026 21:58 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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.
What a weekend. Thank you everyone, and we mean EVERYONE!
I'm sure a more meaningful post will follow after a proper long rest or two, but in the meantime, we would love your feedback to help us make Ath-V-Con even better ❤️🤞🏻
forms.gle/uw8KsTorZKok...
Reminder Session Selection for Programme closes on 25th February - midnight UTC!
You have 2 days left to indicate what you might be interested in doing on the Iridescence Programme.
There have been new items added over the week so do dip in and check.
eastercon2026.org/programme
I wonder what this might be for 🤔
23.02.2026 18:31 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Ah I love a good clicky schedule
athventurecon.ie/schedule/
Session2 is a happening!!
17 game tables here in the Main Hall, 4 more in the Quiet Rooms and of course the Never Ending Gory table!!!
UPDATE: only Sunday tickets remain!
22.02.2026 19:56 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I'm not fully sure what the librarians working in the library floating on a cloud in GM Jude's 4th level 5e D&D game look like. But i think there's a fair chance they look like these dudes!
We're Going Up, Up, Up! is a Sunday morning, session 4, offering where it's safe to say to expect minis!
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.
17.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
We are still looking for big mini donations in the regular sized mini bucket at the check in desk.
Clear?
Thank you kindly.
18.02.2026 21:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This Starter Pack by @consdotie.bsky.social is really handy for following and keeping us with conventions happening throughout Ireland. Be sure to let them know about others and maybe they can be added.
#IrishCreatives #SpeirGhorm #TTRPG #Conventions
go.bsky.app/NEVGR87
Ever wanted to run your own panel? Or maybe you're looking to help out aroun the con?
Well you're in luck! The pannelist and volunteers applications for Amikon 2026 are now live!
By Grathar's Hammer we're only a week out from the greatest Con this side of Thermia, #AthCon4
And we've still so many games to be a tweetin about!!
And we haven't even told y'all about the Never Ending Gory table!
Oh my! We've a busy few days ahead!
ANTHRO IRISH 2026 SOLD OUT
Yar mateys! How goes yere voyage on these high seas! All entry level tickets for AnthroIrish 2026 are now sold out, along with the pre-order of size M T-Shirts!
Thanks to ye all for the support, and we can't wait for ye to board our ship this August.
The score has been sourced.
The joint has been cased
The crew has been assembled.
Now you just have to go out and do the job.
But the job is recovering a rare artifact that some looney cultist have become quite attached to.
Urrgh always with the crazy cultists.
Trading is hardly an option?
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 chair@norncon.org
🙂
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
A sneak peek of what one of our den vendors will have on offer 😉
10.02.2026 16:03 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Transatlantic Fan Fund has launched this year's two‑candidate race to send a fan from North America to the Eurocon.
Voting is now open and will continue over Easter. You can vote online or download a printable PDF ballot here:
🔗 taff.org.uk/ballots/taff...
TAFF thrives on your support!
It's Spacedogs!!
GM Rob's Mongoose Traveller 2e Spacedogs to be precise.
And the dogs in question are actually more wolf like. Except they are called Vargr.
And they walk about on two legs.
And they talk.
And they have guns
So not that dog like.
Maybe best not to mention the whole dog thing.
Urrgh it's all just so typical!!
You and the rest of the USS Gorgon manage to swing some must needed shore leave. You get invited to a swanky reception at the Starfleet Academy. And get a chance to meet up with you old professor while downing the little cocktail sausages and glasses of champagnee.
two puca with a seal. the text reads 'charity announcement: seal rescue ireland'
artwork of two Púca petting a seal, both of them dreaming of being seals themselves. the text reads 'they graduated top of their class in speaking to seals in 2002'
✨ Charity Announcement: Seal Rescue Ireland! ✨ 🦭💙 We're thrilled to announce that Seal Rescue Ireland (https://www.sealrescueireland.org/) will be our official charity partner for Ainmhícon 2026! 💙🦭 Seal Rescue Ireland is the Irelands only seal rescue centre, working tirelessly to rescue, rehabilitate, and release orphaned and injured seals back into the wild while also championing conservation and education. At this year's event, a portion of every ticket sold will go directly to supporting their incredible work. Plus you'll have the chance to: — Hear Seal Rescue Ireland speak on our main stage — Visit their stand and learn more about their mission — Support them directly through donations and merchandise We're so excited to be working with such an inspiring organisation, and we can't wait for our community to get involved in helping protect Ireland's seals and seas! 🦭💙 -DanTheGlowWolf
✨ Charity Announcement: Seal Rescue Ireland! ✨
🦭💙 We're thrilled to announce that Seal Rescue Ireland (www.sealrescueireland.org) will be our official charity partner for Ainmhícon 2026! 💙🦭
