The organization of writers that included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis was The Inklings. It was an informal literary discussion group associated with Oxford, rather than a formally constituted club with a fixed membership list.
Members and guests met to read and discuss works in progress, criticism, and literature. Meetings were held in college rooms and at the Eagle and Child pub, which became popularly known as the Bird and Baby. Tolkien and Lewis were among its best-known participants, but the group included other writers and scholars as well.
The Inklings did not publish a shared manifesto or write as a collective. Its importance came from conversation, criticism, friendship, and the chance to test new writing aloud. Tolkien read portions of his developing fiction to the group, while Lewis's Christian and literary interests also shaped many of their discussions.