Presenting Maisonneuve’s First Annual Genre Fiction Contest

“La Sortie de l’opéra en l’an 2000” by Albert Robida.

Presenting: Maisonneuve’s first annual Genre Fiction Contest!

Starting now, Maisonneuve will run a literary contest every year, with the contest’s genre changing from year to year.

This year’s theme: science fiction.

(In future years, it could be fantasy, romance, noir—who knows! But it …

How to Order Our Current Issue

Our current Winter 2011 issue has been getting a lot of attention, thanks to our high-profile investigations into bid-rigging in Montreal snow removal and allegations of intimidation and manipulation at a Vancouver housing co-op. Some people have contacted us asking if they can order the issue directly from us, because they’re having a hard time finding the magazine in …

This Holiday, Give the Gift of Maisonneuve

Is there someone on your holiday list who loves great writing, challenging ideas and fine design? A subscription to Maisonneuve magazine makes the perfect gift: a whole year of smarts, wit and beauty for only $24.99. Just ask the distinguished judges at the National Magazine Awards:

Using the arts to stem the sociological chasm between Francophone and Anglophone Canada …

Our Winter 2011 Issue

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The snowplows advancing down this month’s cover will be familiar to anyone who’s spent a winter in Montreal. But as Selena Ross reports in “Getting Plowed,” the collusion and violence rampant in the city’s snow-removal industry are even more intimidating than the machines themselves. Ross spent a year interviewing sources and …

Maisonneuve Exposes Rampant Bid-Rigging in Montreal’s Snow-Removal Industry

In 2009, whistleblowers and media reports revealed that Quebec’s construction industry is rotten to the core, plagued by collusion and organized crime. The scandal has rocked the province ever since, and this fall, after two years of stalling, Premier Jean Charest finally called a public inquiry into the construction sector’s rampant corruption.

Now, Montreal-based magazine Maisonneuve is poised …

Intern at Maisonneuve: Winter 2012

Attention, all keeners: Maisonneuve is now accepting applications for winter internships. We’re looking for enthusiastic, well-informed interns with a passion for magazines and serious writing chops. Candidates don’t need to have studied journalism or literature, but they must be very familiar with both the print and online versions of the magazine. Experience with student media, blogging or other …