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Born in London, England, of Cornish stock, David Watmough arrived on Canada’s West Coast in 1961 and quickly became a fixture on the Canadian cultural scene. Now in his eighth decade, Watmough, often spoken of as this country’s senior gay male fiction writer, has decided to commit his memories to paper.
Given the autobiographical nature of his fiction, the prolific raconteur has opted for a novel approach to his own life by telling his story through his encounters with the numerous people he has met, befriended, loved, and jousted with over the years. And what a parade of personalities it is! Watmough serves up incisive, trenchant, often witty profiles of writers W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, Stephen Spender, Raymond Chandler, Tennessee Williams, Carol Shields, Margaret Laurence, Jane Rule, and Wallace Stegner; artists Bill Reid and Jack Shadbolt; politicians and celebrities Pierre Trudeau, Clement Atlee, and Eleanor Roosevelt; Hollywood actress Jean Arthur; and a host of others.
His (Watmough's) most engaging chapters-like those dedicated to Carol Shields, Margaret Laurence and Jane Rule-are affectionate and vivid portraits
"Interesting and intimate, Myself Through Others traverses an unusual and impressive life with humour and grace."
"David Watmough must be one of Canadas most underappreciated writers. Now in his ninth decade, Watmoughs gifts have not lessened, and this sterling, smart memoir is clear proof"
— Canadian Literature
David Watmough is the author of a cycle of fiction that features gay “everyman” Davey Bryant, who has now appeared in 12 books, from No More into the Garden to The Moor Is Dark Beneath the Moon. His most recent novel is Geraldine (2007). He lives in Delta, British Columbia.