30.10.2012
Patrick Semple Launches Latest Novel
A large and distinguished crowd gathered in the Knox Hall, Monkstown, for the launch of the latest novel by retired Church of Ireland clergyman, Patrick Semple. Transient Beings is a story of country parish life in rural Ireland set in the 1970s and tells the tale of the life of a fictitious Church of Ireland rector.
The book was launched by stage, television and radio actor, Frank Kelly (known to many as Fr Jack) who said that Patrick, along with other writers, were very brave. “It’s a lonely thing to do. What you write – you hope will land out there somewhere. You don’t know when you sit down at the typewriter, or keyboard now, if what you write is going to be taken seriously. It’s always very heartening when they do land somewhere,” he explained.
Patrick Semple said it was a great privilege to have Frank Kelly launch his book. He thanked author and contributor to Sunday Miscellany contributor, Leo Cullen, for acting as master of ceremonies and Barry, his editor at Code Green Publishing. He then read extracts of his new novel which were well received by the audience which included the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, the Right Revd Michael Burrows, the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, the Very Revd Victor Stacey and the rector of Monkstown, Canon Patrick Lawrence as well as many other clergy.
Patrick Semple was born in Wexford and served in parishes in Belfast, Laois, Wicklow and Dublin.
Transient Beings is a ‘print on demand’ book and is available from Amazon, Code Green Publishing, all good online bookstores, major bookstores and by order from local book stores by giving the title, author, publisher (Code Green Publishing) and ISBN 978–1–907215–18–6.