What was the name of C.S. Lewis’s Oxford literary discussion group?

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

The Inklings was an informal group of writers and scholars who met mainly at Oxford during the 1930s and 1940s. Lewis was one of its central members, and the group became associated with readings, conversation, and criticism about works in progress. Meetings were held in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College and at the Eagle and Child pub, known to members as the Bird and Baby.

J.R.R. Tolkien was another prominent Inkling. Tolkien sometimes read portions of The Lord of the Rings to the group, while Lewis and other members shared drafts and discussed literature, mythology, and Christianity. The group was not a formal society with a fixed membership list or published manifesto.

The name “Inklings” came from a student literary club at Oxford, although the later group was not simply a continuation of that club. Lewis’s association with The Inklings is therefore a key part of the literary history surrounding both Narnia and Tolkien’s Middle-earth.