Ryan Tubridy

Well, that wasn't planned, but there she is.

She'll call probably again in another 30 seconds just to make sure I'm still okay, which I am, because she's a great woman.

Anyway, happy Mother's Day belated.

But we did have Mother's Day together, which was really, really nice.

That was distracting, but that's live.

That's what we do.

Where are you in the world watching us today or listening to us?

If you're listening on the live, we love to hear from you, particularly if you're from a land far, far away and tell us what you'd like to know and what you want to ask.

This is also giving a little taste of what the live bookshelf live shows are going to be.

They will be happening very, very soon.

In fact,

Friday week, this day week, in the pavilion in Dun Laoghaire.

This one's sold out, but it's going to be wonderful.

If you didn't get tickets for that, the three Olympia at Dublin on Monday the 8th of June.

Ticketmaster.ie for that.

And there will be a big QR code.

You can ask all these questions about anything of me and our guests.

Now, we've got Joseph O'Connor for our guest, as our guest, Bookshelf Live next Friday.

We've got to secure a great name for Limerick.

I'm delighted about that.