The Book Party Page
with Host Bill Moore

Saturday, March 5th, 11AM.

The 2005 Book Party: Favorite Father Brown Short Stories by G.K. Chesterton, 96 pages,  Dover Thrift Editions

When: Saturday March 5th, 2005. 11AM to 3PM Where: Claddagh Irish Pub. Irish food will be involved! (Polaris Location) Cost:  $3 for printing and sharing in the cost of the video. We'll have a drawing at the end of the party to see who get's the video.   No souvenir, this year.  It's so easy we'll call it Book Party Light!  [Cost does not include food.  We don't yet know what that will be.] If you have not read the book, read it all here here: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six.  It is just Six stories. What to expect: fun friends gathered together for talk, food, and a good movie. More Information: Email Bill at wmoore@biblicalstudies.org  requesting to be updated as more details are available. Past Book Parties:     2004 A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens     2003 Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky     2002 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee     2000 The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis     1996 The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky

2/27/05: TIME CHANGE (11AM-3PM) Place is decided!  More... 1/24/05:  Excellent Quotes from G.K. Chesterton.  (Not from the book) More... 1/7/05 : I've sold 28 copies so far and only have two left at  $2 each. Why this is going to be your year to come? More... 1/6/05 "Book Party Light" More...

2/27/2005 The Place is Set and The Time Has Changed
When: New Time is 11AM to 3PM. (Old starting time was 9AM).
Bring: $3 to share in the cost of the video....to enter the drawing for the video.
Where: Claddagh Irish Pub.  Warning: There are more than one in town, so make sure you show up at the Polaris Location on Sancus. The menu is big and prices range from $10 to $20.

Claddagh Irish Pub

8745 Sancus Blvd., Columbus OH 43240 (614) 885-0100

Link to a decent map.

Link to the restaurant with a bad map:

Who is coming?  About 20 friends  We should have a good time. 

1/24/2005 Quotes from G.K. Chesterton
(offer your own favorites and I'll include them too)

Some of the Chesterton quotes from www.brainyquote.com

• We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
• A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
• Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
• I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
• Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
• Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
• Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.

1/7/05 Why this should be your first book party:

• Previously, the books seemed too long.  This time it's only 96 pages. 
• Previously, the books seemed too dry to hold your interest.  But this time it's only 6 short detective stories.  They are like Sherlock Holmes stories but the detective is a priest called Father Brown.
• Previously, the topics weren't very hip and modern.  Well, I always strive for timeless topics.  But the movie we hope to have stars Alec Guiness, Obiwan Kenobi from StarWars.  Does that help?
• Previously, it was too expensive.  Well, I don't know how much the meals will cost this year but you can read the book even if you don't have $2.  It's available on-line.  See Below.

1/6/05 "Book Party Light"

This year's book party is Saturday, March 5th, 2005. It might be called "Book Party Light" because of the few pages that will be involved. At just 96 pages, Favorite Father Brown Short Stories, by G. K. Chesterton, (Dover Thrift Editions) will make this one of the easiest events to prepare for. It's Six Sherlock-Holmes-Style short stories selected from among the many that Chesterton wrote. It's available at Amazon for $3.00 (or less). All of them are available for nothing on the web since they are out of copyright. I'm listing the stories here so that if you get the larger collections (The Innocence of Father Brown [I] and The Wisdom of Father Brown [W] ) from which these are taken, you'll know which ones we are covering.

There's a 1954 movie entitled "The Detective" based on "The Blue Cross " starring Alec Guiness (Obiwan Kenobi of Star Wars Episode 4). Hopefully we can get hold of a copy.

Email me expressing your interest so I can let you know the location, any costs, what food will be involved, and the times. You can ask me to get you a copy of the book (getting them in bulk might be cheaper if you are in the Columbus area). email: wmoore@BiblicalStudies.org.

[I] and [W] are both found at http://www.dur.ac.uk/martin.ward/gkc/books/index.html
What's in the BOOK?

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Favorite Father Brown Short Stories,)

1. The Blue Cross [I]
2. The Sins of Prince Saradine [I]
3. The Sign of the Broken Sword [I]
4. The Man in the Passage [W]
5. The Perishing of the Pendragons [W]

6. The Salad of Colonel Cray [W]

G.K. Chesterton was a VERY interesting person.  Read more about him at http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Faith/1112-96/literatu.html