Which Oxford society did C.S. Lewis help establish for literary discussion?

C.S. Lewis helped establish the Oxford literary discussion group known as The Inklings.

The Inklings were an informal group of writers and academics associated mainly with Oxford University from the 1930s through the early 1950s. Lewis was one of its central figures, and J.R.R. Tolkien was another prominent member. The group met to read aloud and discuss works in progress, criticism, poetry, and imaginative literature.

Meetings were held in locations including Lewis’s college rooms at Magdalen College and the Eagle and Child pub on Oxford’s St Giles’ Street. The pub was popularly known as the Bird and Baby. Members did not belong to a formal society with a fixed constitution, so the group is better understood as a circle of friends and fellow writers.

The Inklings are often described as a fantasy-writing club, but that is too narrow. Their interests were broader, and not every member wrote fantasy. Their importance comes from sustained conversation and mutual criticism.