The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing, third edition
by Doug Babington & Don LePan
edited by Maureen Okun
The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing is a concise volume presenting essential material from the fourth edition of the full Broadview Guide to Writing. Included are summaries of key grammatical points and a reference guide to basic grammar; a glossary of usage; tips on writing style; a guide to bias-free writing; coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics; helpful advice on Internet research; and much more. For the third edition the section on citation and documentation (in four commonly-used styles—MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE) has been extensively revised and updated.
close this panelDoug Babington is Director of the Writing Centre at Queen’s University, and the author of articles both on writing and on literature. Don LePan's most recent book is a novel, Animals (Véhicule, 2009). Maureen Okun is a professor in the departments of English and of Liberal Studies at Vancouver Island University.
close this panel"The Broadview Guide to Writing (4/e) registers the seriousness of academic writing yet reads like an amiable conversation with writers." – Robyn Fowler, University of Albe
"The time is right for an inexpensive, no-frills composition text, and The Broadview Guide (4/e) is exactly that." – Richard Spacek, University of New Brunswick
Impressive, especially when compared to more costly yet comparable texts." – Anne Maxham, Antioch University
"It's very good—clear without being condescending." – Jonathan Sadow, State University of New York at Oneonta
"By far the most readable writing guide available—at any price." – Jacky Bolding, University of the Fraser Valley
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