Inklings

thumb|right|300px|The New Building at Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College. The Inklings met in [[C. S. Lewis's rooms, above the arcade on the right side of the central block.]]

The Inklings were an informal literary discussion group associated with J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis at the University of Oxford for nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late 1949. The Inklings were literary enthusiasts who praised the value of narrative in fiction and encouraged the writing of fantasy. The best-known, apart from Tolkien and Lewis, were Charles Williams, and (although a Londoner) Owen Barfield.