The scholarly and literary group that included J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis was The Inklings.
The Inklings were an informal discussion group associated with Oxford. Members met mainly at The Eagle and Child pub, often called the Bird and Baby, and sometimes in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College. They read drafts aloud, discussed literature, and exchanged criticism.
The group was active particularly during the 1930s and 1940s. Tolkien read parts of his developing fiction to fellow members, while Lewis and other writers shared their own work. Their meetings helped create an audience for experimental writing before publication.
The Inklings were not a formal university society with a fixed membership list or constitution. That informality distinguishes them from groups such as the Bloomsbury Group. The name also reflects the members’ interest in writing and ideas rather than a single literary genre.