What was C.S. Lewis’s Oxford literary society with J.R.R. Tolkien called?

C.S. Lewis’s Oxford literary society with J.R.R. Tolkien was called The Inklings. The informal group met mainly in Oxford during the 1930s and 1940s to read and discuss works in progress.

Lewis and Tolkien were among the best-known members, but the group also included writers such as Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and Warren Lewis. Meetings commonly involved reading drafts aloud, followed by discussion and criticism. The group was not a formal university society with a fixed membership list.

The Inklings gathered in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College and at The Eagle and Child pub, known to members as the Bird and Baby. The group’s conversations helped create an important literary community around fantasy, myth, Christianity, and imaginative writing.