#AcWriFest18 Support for Academic Writing

November is Academic Writing Month. Keele Univeristy will be holding a writing festival, WRITEfest2018, to celebrate writing. It includes lots of events to help staff and students develop their writing skills.

If you follow twitter you can follow the hash-tag #acwrifest18 and include it in your tweets if you want to get involved.

Here at the Health Library you’ll find a range of material to help support your writing development. Here are a few titles to get you started:

• Writing for publication - Debbie Epstein Jane Kenway; Rebecca Boden (2005), class mark: LB1778.E7
• Writing for academic success - Gail Craswell Megan Poore (2012 2nd ed..) class mark: LB2369.C7
• The student phrase book : vocabulary for writing at university - Jeanne Godfrey (2013) class mark: LB2369.G6
• How to write a thesis - Rowena Murray (2006 2nd ed..) class mark: LB2369.M8
• Reading, writing and reasoning : a guide for students - Gavin. Fairbairn Christopher Winch (2011 3rd ed..) class mark: LB2395.F2
• Critical reading and writing for postgraduates - Mike Wallace Alison Wray (2016 Third edition.) class mark: LB2395.3.W2
• The student's guide to writing : spelling, punctuation and grammar - John Peck Martin Coyle (2012 3rd ed..) PE1112.P3
• Writing at university : a guide for students - Phyllis Creme Mary Rosalind Lea (2008 3rd ed..) class mark: PE1408.C7
• The handbook of academic writing : a fresh approach - Rowena. Murray Sarah Moore (2006) class mark: PE1408.M8
• How to write better essays - Bryan Greetham (2013 3rd ed..) class mark: PE1429.G7
• Reflective practice : writing and professional development - Gillie Bolton Russell Delderfield (2018 Fifth edition.) class mark: R119.B6
• How to write and publish a scientific paper - R. A. Day (Robert A.) Barbara Gastel (2011 7th ed..) R119.D2
• English and reflective writing skills in medicine : a guide for medical students and doctors - Clive Handler Charlotte Handler; Deborah Gill (2011) class mark: R119.H2
• Writing for publication in nursing and healthcare: getting it right - Karen Holland,  Roger Watson (2012) class mark: R119.H6
• How to Write a Paper - George M Hall (2003 3rd ed..) R119.H6
• The Academic's Guide to Publishing - Rob. Kitchin Duncan Fuller (2005) R119.K4

We currently have a display in the library of relevant texts. Please feel free to borrow any.

Photo of book display

If you want to browse the shelves you can look for class mark beginning LB23, PE or R119 at the Health Library for relevant books to support academic writing.