Matt Mayr grew up in Manitouwadge, a small mining town north of Lake Superior, where he learned to hunt and fish from a young age. He studied English Literature at York University and Creative Writing at the Humber School for Writers. His first novel, Bad City, was published in 2015, and was a quarter finalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. In 2016, he landed an Ontario Arts Council grant for the opening pages of Things Worth Burying.
Things Worth Burying is a working-class story of life at the struggling-to-get-by level, of a man who loves his child, his work and his hometown. Joe Adler soon learns that by burying old hatchets he opens up a life of even more worth than before. A gritty, yet heart-warming read, and one that held my attention from start to finish. Recommended, and added to the 2020 longlist for Best Fiction for "The Very Best!" Book Awards." Alt 0151 James Fisher Miramichi Reader
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