What name did C.S. Lewis and his friends give their Oxford literary group?

C.S. Lewis and his friends called their Oxford literary group the Inklings.

The Inklings were an informal discussion group connected with the University of Oxford. Members met mainly in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College and at The Eagle and Child pub, which became popularly known as the Bird and Baby. They read drafts aloud, discussed literature, and criticized one another’s work.

The group included Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and other writers and academics. Membership was not fixed in the manner of a formal society, and the group’s importance came from its regular fellowship and detailed discussion rather than from an official constitution.

The Inklings are especially remembered because two members produced major fantasy works: Lewis wrote the Chronicles of Narnia, while Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings. Their friendship influenced the intellectual and creative environment in which both series developed.