The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, Sixth Edition,emphasizes writing for different audiences, explores the connection between reading and writing, and presents superior writing across the curriculum coverage while also providing all the handbook basics.

A comprehensive reference to writing, research, documentation, and grammar, The Longman Handbook explores the differing audiences, purposes, and conventions of various communities of writers and readers, and offers students concrete strategies for adapting their writing to meet varying rhetorical situations.  While emphasizing the academic community, The Longman Handbook also explores the genres of writing that students can expect to find in public and workplace communities.