diff --git a/tablib/packages/xlwt/BIFFRecords.py b/tablib/packages/xlwt/BIFFRecords.py
index 79be326..e2120fd 100644
--- a/tablib/packages/xlwt/BIFFRecords.py
+++ b/tablib/packages/xlwt/BIFFRecords.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 from struct import pack
 from .UnicodeUtils import upack1, upack2
 import sys
diff --git a/tablib/packages/xlwt/CompoundDoc.py b/tablib/packages/xlwt/CompoundDoc.py
index d53726f..9a11879 100644
--- a/tablib/packages/xlwt/CompoundDoc.py
+++ b/tablib/packages/xlwt/CompoundDoc.py
@@ -505,12 +505,12 @@ class XlsDoc:
         we_own_it = not hasattr(f, 'write')
         if we_own_it:
             f = open(file_name_or_filelike_obj, 'wb')
-        f.write(self.header)
-        f.write(self.packed_MSAT_1st)
-        f.write(stream)
-        f.write(padding)
-        f.write(self.packed_MSAT_2nd)
-        f.write(self.packed_SAT)
-        f.write(self.dir_stream)
+        f.write((self.header))
+        f.write((self.packed_MSAT_1st))
+        f.write((stream))
+        f.write((padding))
+        f.write((self.packed_MSAT_2nd))
+        f.write((self.packed_SAT))
+        f.write((self.dir_stream))
         if we_own_it:
             f.close()
diff --git a/tablib/packages/xlwt/UnicodeUtils.py b/tablib/packages/xlwt/UnicodeUtils.py
index 204d13c..ff1c2d2 100644
--- a/tablib/packages/xlwt/UnicodeUtils.py
+++ b/tablib/packages/xlwt/UnicodeUtils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 '''
 From BIFF8 on, strings are always stored using UTF-16LE  text encoding. The
 character  array  is  a  sequence  of  16-bit  values4.  Additionally it is
diff --git a/tablib/packages/xlwt/antlr.py b/tablib/packages/xlwt/antlr.py
index b7b5029..1f37f64 100644
--- a/tablib/packages/xlwt/antlr.py
+++ b/tablib/packages/xlwt/antlr.py
@@ -1943,9 +1943,10 @@ class Parser(object):
             col  = x.getLine()
             text = x.getText()
             fmt  = fmt + 'unexpected symbol at line %s (column %s) : "%s"'
-            print(fmt % (line,col,text), file=sys.stderr)
+            # print(fmt % (line,col,text), file=sys.stderr)
         else:
-            print(fmt,str(x), file=sys.stderr)
+            # print(fmt,str(x), file=sys.stderr)
+            pass
 
     def reportWarning(self,s):
         f = self.getFilename()
@@ -2143,10 +2144,10 @@ class TreeParser(object):
             raise MismatchedTokenException(getTokenNames(), t, ttype, True)
 
     def reportError(self,ex):
-        print("error:",ex, file=sys.stderr)
+        print("error:".format(ex, file=sys.stderr))
 
     def  reportWarning(self, s):
-        print("warning:",s)
+        print("warning:".format(s))
 
     def setASTFactory(self,f):
         self.astFactory = f
@@ -2718,7 +2719,7 @@ class ASTFactory(object):
 
     def error(self, e):
         import sys
-        print(e, file=sys.stderr)
+        print(e.format(file=sys.stderr))
 
     def setTokenTypeASTNodeType(self, tokenType, className):
         """