Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Official

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, writer, professor of English literature and fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Look Closer to be published on 6 November.

[David James @drdavidajames]

Look Closer by ⁦@RobertDFBooks⁩ is already looking like one of the books of the year. Each page demands annotation.

[Natalie Haynes @officialnhaynes]

Happy publication day, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst! 🥳 I recommend Look Closer to anyone interested in how literature works (and how being human works). It is the perfect present for any A-Level or undergraduate English lit students, too! Go go go!

👉 https://t.co/vTF8XNuhTV

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Publication day!

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Well this is a jolly nice way to start the week (and to end a review)... "This is a wonderful book, packed with detail and knowledge but also intuition, warmth and infectious enthusiasm” #LookCloser. https://t.co/GxHkDCpQHw

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Thrilled to receive this endorsement from the brilliant Sir Stephen Fry, a generous reader as well as a writer with a brain the size of a planet. LOOK CLOSER: HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF READING is out this Thursday. https://t.co/LbOu8P65no

[David Patrikarakos @dpatrikarakos]

Wonderful review of Robert Douglas-Fairhurst's wonderful book on How to Get More Out of Reading.

"it is like walking behind a wise old naturalist who, in leisurely flipping over rocks, reveals a whole other reality beyond the immediately visible."

https://t.co/e2yKTXYPAp

[Charlotte Stroud @char_stroud]

My @spectator review of Robert Douglas-Fairhurst’s Look Closer: How to Get More Out of Reading — in which, like a wise old naturalist leisurely flipping over rocks, he reveals a whole other reality beyond the immediately visible: https://t.co/85UDy0R3Mj

[Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Official @RobertDFBooks]

Coming soon…

[Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Official @RobertDFBooks]

Coming on November 6… LOOK CLOSER: HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF READING (Fern Press), available from your local bookshop.

[Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Official @RobertDFBooks]

As my new book (out on Nov 6) is basically a mixture of serious criticism and silly jokes, I am now kicking myself for not calling it Leavis and Butthead.

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

.@fernbooks has acquired Look Closer by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. The book will be published on 6th November 2025 👇 https://t.co/nyYSxclqZS

[Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Official @RobertDFBooks]

@HarrietRGreen Sure thing - or email if that’s easier (Google my name and it should come up straight away)

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Out on November 6.

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@j_amesmarriott Great minds etc. Coming in November…

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@becimay Sorry, I mean “Temps”. I forgot that Proust capitalises the word just in case anyone hadn’t realised that it’s REALLY IMPORTANT.

[Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Official @RobertDFBooks]

@becimay That’s up there with Proust. First word: “Longtemps”, last word: “temps”. It’s basically the longest shaggy dog story in the world.

[Coffee House @SpecCoffeeHouse]

Although they never met, a new exhibition puts Austen and Turner in conversation with each other.

✍️ Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
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@becimay Oh no! I met her for the first time just a few months ago, and she seemed to be on very good form (and was still as sharp as a new pin).

[Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Official @RobertDFBooks]

Ta-dah… My new book, coming in November. (Pictured: Marilyn Monroe getting lost in Joyce’s Ulysses, or possibly discovering herself there.) Details on Instagram at robertdouglasfairhurst and fernpress.