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From 1959-1964, \\xa0McClelland and Stewart published a run of poetry books written by Irving Layton, designed by Frank Newfeld, edited by Claire Pratt, and often illustrated with photographs by Sam Tata. They turned out to be among Layton\\u2019s most famous and influential titles (\\xa0A Red Carpet for the Sun\\xa0[1959],\\xa0The Swinging Flesh\\xa0[1961],\\xa0Balls for a One-Armed Juggler\\xa0[1963], and\\xa0The Laughing Rooster\\xa0[1964]). \\xa0

Cameron Anstee, proprietor of\\xa0Apt 9 Press\\xa0and a PhD student in the English Department at the University of Ottawa recently delivered a paper at a\\xa0Canadian Literature Symposium. It examined the relationship between Layton, \\xa0Newfeld, and Jack McClelland \\xa0and positioned it as central to the formation both of a visible canon of Canadian Literature in the 1950s and 1960s, and of Layton\\u2019s particular public image. The paper \\xa0looked at \\xa0Layton\\u2019s complicated relationship \\xa0with the Canadian reading public and emerging Canadian literary establishments through a close reading of the book objects. It also considered how Layton was \\u2018branded\\u2019, the role that Frank Newfeld played in this, and the poet\'s conflicted responses to Newfeld\\u2019s designs.

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