diff --git a/pyreadline/console/console.py b/pyreadline/console/console.py
index 2d0d853..673ff01 100644
--- a/pyreadline/console/console.py
+++ b/pyreadline/console/console.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ MENU_EVENT = 0x0008
 VK_SHIFT = 0x10
 VK_CONTROL = 0x11
 VK_MENU = 0x12
-GENERIC_READ = int(0x80000000L)
+GENERIC_READ = int(0x80000000)
 GENERIC_WRITE = 0x40000000
 
 # Windows structures we'll need later
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ class Console(object):
         n, res= self.ansiwriter.write_color(text, attr)
         junk = DWORD(0)
         for attr,chunk in res:
-            log("console.attr:%s"%unicode(attr))
-            log("console.chunk:%s"%unicode(chunk))
+            log("console.attr:%s"%(attr))
+            log("console.chunk:%s"%(chunk))
             self.SetConsoleTextAttribute(self.hout, attr.winattr)
             for short_chunk in split_block(chunk):
                 self.WriteConsoleW(self.hout, short_chunk, 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class Console(object):
 
     #This function must be used to ensure functioning with EMACS
     #Emacs sets the EMACS environment variable
-    if os.environ.has_key("EMACS"):
+    if "EMACS" in os.environ:
         def write_color(self, text, attr=None):
             text = ensure_str(text)
             junk = DWORD(0)
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ def hook_wrapper_23(stdin, stdout, prompt):
         res = ensure_str(readline_hook(prompt))
         # make sure it returned the right sort of thing
         if res and not isinstance(res, bytes):
-            raise TypeError, 'readline must return a string.'
+            raise TypeError('readline must return a string.')
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         # GNU readline returns 0 on keyboard interrupt
         return 0
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ def hook_wrapper(prompt):
         res = ensure_str(readline_hook(prompt))
         # make sure it returned the right sort of thing
         if res and not isinstance(res, bytes):
-            raise TypeError, 'readline must return a string.'
+            raise TypeError('readline must return a string.')
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         # GNU readline returns 0 on keyboard interrupt
         return 0
diff --git a/pyreadline/console/event.py b/pyreadline/console/event.py
index efc3e25..e98c550 100644
--- a/pyreadline/console/event.py
+++ b/pyreadline/console/event.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals, absolute_import
+
 class Event(object):
     '''Represent events from the console.'''
     def __init__(self, console, input):
diff --git a/pyreadline/console/ironpython_console.py b/pyreadline/console/ironpython_console.py
index a7bee3d..aa7f706 100644
--- a/pyreadline/console/ironpython_console.py
+++ b/pyreadline/console/ironpython_console.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import os
 
 import System
 
-from event import Event
+from .event import Event
 from pyreadline.logger import log
 
 from pyreadline.keysyms import \
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class Console(object):
         self.WriteConsoleA(self.hout, text, len(text), byref(n), None)
         return len(text)
         
-    if os.environ.has_key("EMACS"):
+    if "EMACS" in os.environ:
         def write_color(self, text, attr=None):
             junk = c_int(0)
             self.WriteFile(self.hout, text, len(text), byref(junk), None)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def install_readline(hook):
     def hook_wrap():
         try:
             res = hook()
-        except KeyboardInterrupt,x:   #this exception does not seem to be caught
+        except KeyboardInterrupt as x:   #this exception does not seem to be caught
             res = ""
         except EOFError:
             return None