In the world of Canadian small-magazine publishing, ten years is a long time—and hitting your first decade is a story in itself. That’s why, for the cover of our special tenth anniversary issue, Maisonneuve decided to push not one individual feature but the whole package. Here, art director Anna Minzhulina has crafted an elegant visual celebration of our tenth birthday. Front and centre is our iconic little logo, known around the office as simply “the Maisy guy,” though he actually represents Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, the complicated, imperfect founder of Montreal. Like our hometown, this magazine is an energetic, frustrating work in progress, the product of little triumphs and hard struggles. We’re glad to have made it this far. The question now is: what will we put on the cover of our twentieth anniversary issue?

In this issue:

Tim Falconer on the surprising science of tone deafness.

Paul Gettlich on what really happened at Occupy Toronto.

Deni Y. Béchard remembers his bank-robber father.

Christopher Szabla on why movements like Occupy and the Arab Spring fail.

John Semley uncovers why Quebecers love Iron Maiden.

Megan Lau dives into the quirky world of DIY 3D printing.

Peter Tupper on the strange history of nunsploitation porn.

Whitney Mallett investigates Ontario's abattoir crisis.

Chris Urquhart flies too close to the sun at Burning Man.

Robert Poulton documents cultural change in Canada's north.

Marianne Ackerman profiles the most hated man in independent Canadian theatre.

Sean Michaels remembers the time he saw Arcade Fire lose a Battle of the Bands.

All this, plus new fiction by Giller Prize–winning author Johanna Skibsrud, new poetry by Trillium Book Award–winner Ken Babstock, never-before-translated work by the late Nelly Arcan, a new comic column by Marc Bell, spot illustrations by Vanessa Davis, a trip through Maisonneuve's ten-year history, the Book Room and the Music Room!

On newsstands everywhere April 2.