diff --git a/Cargo.lock.msrv b/Cargo.lock.msrv
index 30d6b4a..964728a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock.msrv
+++ b/Cargo.lock.msrv
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -121,6 +122,24 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.78"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2422ad645d89c99f8f3e6b88a9fdeca7fabeac836b1002371c4367c8f984aae"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "291ec9ab5efd934aaf503a6466c5d5251535d108ee747472c3977cc5acc868ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.10.2"
@@ -163,6 +182,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.52"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b699d15b36d1f02c3e7c69f8ffef53de37aefae075d8488d4ba1a7788d574a07"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -172,6 +202,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e45bcbe8ed29775f228095caf2cd67af7a4ccf756ebff23a306bf3e8b47b24b"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a953cb265bef375dae3de6663da4d3804eee9682ea80d8e2542529b73c531c81"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a620578..a78efaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ repository = "https://github.com/ystreet/cdp-types"
 rust-version = "1.65.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.4"
 cea708-types = "0.3"
+log = "0.4"
+thiserror = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 once_cell = "1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ed4e90b..2d9bde3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 extern crate log;
 
 /// Various possible errors when parsing data
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum ParserError {
     /// The length of the data does not match the length in the data
+    #[error("The length of the data ({actual}) does not match the advertised expected ({expected}) length")]
     LengthMismatch {
         /// Expected minimum size of the data
         expected: usize,
@@ -24,17 +25,23 @@ pub enum ParserError {
         actual: usize,
     },
     /// Some magic byte/s do not have the correct value
+    #[error("Some magic byte/s do not have the correct value")]
     WrongMagic,
     /// Unrecognied framerate value
+    #[error("The framerate specified is not known by this implementation")]
     UnknownFramerate,
     /// Some 'fixed' bits did not have the correct value
+    #[error("Some fixed bits did not have the correct value")]
     InvalidFixedBits,
     /// CEA-608 bytes were found after CEA-708 bytes
+    #[error("CEA-608 compatibility bytes were found after CEA-708 bytes")]
     Cea608AfterCea708,
     /// Failed to validate the checksum
+    #[error("The computed checksum value does not match the stored checksum value")]
     ChecksumFailed,
     /// Sequence count differs between the header and the footer.  Usually indicates this packet was
     /// spliced together incorrectly.
+    #[error("The sequence count differs between the header and the footer")]
     SequenceCountMismatch,
 }
 
@@ -51,20 +58,7 @@ impl From<cea708_types::ParserError> for ParserError {
     }
 }
 
-impl std::fmt::Display for ParserError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        f.pad(&format!("{self:?}"))
-    }
-}
-
-/// An error enum returned when writing data fails
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum WriterError {
-    /// Writing would overflow by how many bytes
-    WouldOverflow(usize),
-    /// It is not possible to write to this resource
-    ReadOnly,
-}
+pub use cea708_types::WriterError;
 
 static FRAMERATES: [Framerate; 8] = [
     Framerate {