Join the Society in February — on Sunday, February 22 at 6:00 PM at Ivy Hall — as we discuss the infamous relationship of Chesterton and Shaw through the lens of some recorded debates between the two. RSVP for this meeting below the jump (click "Read more" if you're on the homepage).

We'll note the tactics and positions of these two titans, and inquire as to how they maintained such a cordial friendship in spite not only of such deep disagreements, but also the fact that, at least sometimes, those disagreements seemed from the outside to be rather disagreeable!

Our readings are assembled in the packet which you can download here or using the button below. 

Note that we are deviating from our norm of third-Sunday meetings this month, owing to scheduling difficulties. 

For our meeting in December 2025 - on Sunday, December 21st, at 6:00 PM at Ivy Hall - we are going  to try again for a reading and discussion of the reading packet we put together last year. Owing to illnesses and travel and other schedule conflicts, our meeting in December 2024 was only attended by a couple of guests, but we think the collection of readings we've put together are very worth revisiting and discussing with a larger group.

​As with last year's attempt, we will again include as part of this meeting a practical demonstration of the game, "Snapdragon." It will be important to see the game played because, as the discussion will hopefully bring out, the "principle" Chesterton discerns behind this game could, with no exaggeration, be called the core principle of his whole philosophy of life and morality - no, really! 

RSVP below the jump, and download the reading packet using the button.

 For November, the month of the dead, we have something special planned.

​We will meet, as usual, on the 3rd Sunday of the month, Sunday, November 16, 2025 at Ivy Hall at 6:00 PM.

For our reading, we have a special packet containing a symposium of essays held in the Daily News in 1928, answering the question, "Where are the Dead?" Chesterton and Belloc are contributors, along with some lesser known folks, and one even arguably better known, at least to most - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!

Adding to the fun, George Bernard Shaw "butts in" with a letter to the editor, which kicks off an exchange of letters between him and GKC. 

Finally, three bonuses: interspersed throughout the packet, authentic advertisements from the Daily News at the time, to help give the feel of the thing; an extra essay from GKC in the Illustrated London News looking back on the symposium; and an extra packet to look at if you want to see all the essays from the correspondance on their original newspaper pages. 

This'll be a fun one. Invite a friend! RSVP below the jump...

For our October meeting, Sunday, October 19, at 6:00 PM at Ivy Hall we will be discussing Chesterton's play, Magic. 

There are a lot of options for finding the play.

You can read it online in full.

Various print editions, new and used, can be found at ABE Books. A free audiobook rendition is available at LibriVox.

And YouTube also has various productions available to watch, including a high-quality stage-play recording, a professional film version (substantially adapted), and others.

​RSVP for this meeting below!

For our meeting in September, we will be looking at the so-called "Blatchford Controversies," a series of essays penned by Chesterton in The Clarion in 1904, an early entry for Chesterton into apologetical discourse, previewing his later career.

We will be using this special reading packet.  RSVP for this meeting below.