Toronto Harbourfront Event
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Hosted by Irving’s eldest son, Max Layton, the evening consisted of reading Layton poems and sharing memories…
Featuring (in alphabetical order): Margaret Atwood, Barry Callaghan, Leonard Cohen*, Scott Griffin, PM Stephen Harper by letter, Joe Kertes, Dennis Lee, Michael Mirolla, Jacob Mooney, Anna Porter*, Robert Priest, Julie Roorda, Rosemary Sullivan, Priscila Uppal, Fred Wah, and Moses Znaimer.
*(Leonard Cohen and Anna Porter participated by videos made specially to honour this occasion)
Event Videos
Part 1 of 6: http://youtu.be/HYyhsp3t6zg (feat. Max Layton, Barry Callaghan)
Part 2 of 6: http://youtu.be/2A92knXgJzs (feat. Rosemary Sullivan, Michael Mirolla, Joe Kertes)
Part 3 of 6: http://youtu.be/Il9kQF1Kkow (feat. Margaret Atwood, Moses Znaimer, Scott Griffin)
Part 4 of 6: http://youtu.be/KW3gRP72bhA (feat. PM Stephen Harper, Anna Porter, Jacob Mooney)
Part 5 of 6: http://youtu.be/uIDTTtXfwpk (feat. Julie Roorda, Dennis Lee, Priscila Uppal)
Part 6 of 6: http://youtu.be/Ty92sMZVWrE (feat. Robert Priest, Fred Wah, Leonard Cohen)
Elizabeth Trott and John Rammell gave us a dramatic reading of ‘An Unlikely Affair’: Letters between Irving and his long-time friend and fellow-poet Dorothy Rath. Due to on-site sound issues, the Audio recording is unfortunately unavailable to us.