What was C.S. Lewis’s Oxford literary discussion group called?

C.S. Lewis’s Oxford literary discussion group was called the Inklings.

The Inklings met mainly in Oxford during the 1930s and 1940s. Members read aloud from works in progress, discussed literature, and exchanged criticism. The group was informal rather than a university society, and its membership changed over time. Lewis was one of its central participants.

J.R.R. Tolkien was another major member, and the two writers influenced one another through friendship and conversation. Charles Williams and Owen Barfield were also important participants. The group met in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College and at the Eagle and Child pub, which members nicknamed the Bird and the Baby. The Inklings did not publish a group manifesto or write a single shared work. Its importance comes from the creative and critical environment it provided for several notable twentieth-century writers.