Irving Layton on the Brian Gazzard show, Global TV, Toronto, Ontario.
Irving Layton on CBC's Fighting words. Also contains Irving Layton on On the Arts.
Irving discusses his failed marriage to Harrie
Irving Layton speaking at Magnum Books in Ottawa, Ontario.
Irving Layton interviewed by Robert Send and James Anderson for CBC Radio, Toronto, Ontario. Layton, along with Jim Tily and Milton Barnes, discuss the role of the artist in society.
Radio broadcast produced by Malka Cohen for CBC Radio, Toronto, Ontario. Includes readings of "Bargain," "Death of Moishe Lazarovitch," "Elegy for Strul," "Family portrait," "Keine Lazarovitch," "Misunderstanding," "There were no signs," "For Anne Frank," "For Aviva because I love her," and others.
Esther Cohen and Dora Pleet interviewed by Malka Cohen, CBC Radio, Montreal, Quebec.
Layton's students interviewed by Malka Cohen for CBC Radio, Toronto, Ontario. Topics covered include Layton as a teacher and the role of education in society.
Irving Layton, Elspeth Cameron, and Robert Fulford are interviewed by Peter Gzowski for a portrait of the poet broadcast on Morningside, CBC radio, Toronto, Ontario.
Irving Layton speaking at a poetry reading, broadcast on CBC, Toronto, Ontario. Layton reads "The birth of tragedy," "The bull calf," and "Song for Naomi," among others. Poems are also read by Phyllis Webb, Earle Birney, John Newlove, Al Purdy, Leonard Cohen, George Bowering, and Gwendolyn MacEwan.
Irving Layton at a poetry reading at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto, Ontario. Layton reads 7 poems: "O Jerusalem," "The birth of tragedy," "On being bitten by a dog," "The shark," "Rhine boat trip," "Take it all in," and "For Musia's grandchildren."