The literary club that included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis was called The Inklings.
The Inklings were an informal Oxford literary discussion group active mainly during the 1930s and 1940s. Members met to read and discuss works in progress, usually at the Eagle and Child pub or in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were among the best-known participants.
The group was not a formal society with a fixed membership list or constitution. Other associated writers included Charles Williams and Owen Barfield. Tolkien read portions of The Lord of the Rings to fellow Inklings, while Lewis shared work that would develop into his own fiction and criticism. Their conversations helped create a supportive environment for writers interested in myth, Christianity, language, and imaginative literature.