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Instructions · What links here · Steve Burgess (author) (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 39 hours ago by Katerdactyl (talk: D · +) · Last edited 33 hours ago by Katerdactyl

Steve Burgess is a Vancouver-based writer and broadcaster. He is the author of Who Killed Mom? A Delinquent Son's Mediation on Family, Mortality, and Very Tacky Candles^[1] (Greystone), Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel^[2] (Douglas & McIntyre), and Cheapskate in Lotusland: The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget^[3] (Douglas & McIntyre).

Burgess is the author of the political humour column Please Advise! in The Tyee.ca. He is the former host of the talk show @the end on CBC Newsworld and CBC British Columbia. He was co-director of the Network Entertainment documentaries I Am JFK Jr., Facing Putin, and The Cowboy.

Published works

Who Killed Mom? A Delinquent Son's Meditation on Family, Mortality and Very Tacky Candles (2011)
Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel (2024)
Cheapskate in Lotusland: The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget (2026)

Awards

National Magazine Award Silver Medal, Humour 1997: “A Band in All Hope,” Chatelaine^[4]

National Magazine Award Silver Medal, Travel 1999: “That 70s Town,” Vancouver Magazine^[5]

Jack Webster Community Mic Award 2022, Commentator of the Year^[6]

Leo Award, Best Director of a Series Documentary 2016, “Facing Putin”^[7]

References

^ "Who Killed Mom". Greystone Books Ltd. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
^ "Reservations : The Pleasures and Perils of Travel". Douglas & McIntyre. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
^ "Cheapskate in Lotusland : The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget". Douglas & McIntyre. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
^ "21st Annual National Magazine Awards". www.sources.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
^ "Twenty-third Annual National Magazine Awards". www.sources.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
^ Foundation, Jack Webster. "Winners for 2022 Webster Awards Announced". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
^ "2017 LEO AWARDS, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[1] "Who Killed Mom". Greystone Books Ltd. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[2] "Reservations : The Pleasures and Perils of Travel". Douglas & McIntyre. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[3] "Cheapskate in Lotusland : The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget". Douglas & McIntyre. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[4] "21st Annual National Magazine Awards". www.sources.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[5] "Twenty-third Annual National Magazine Awards". www.sources.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[6] Foundation, Jack Webster. "Winners for 2022 Webster Awards Announced". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[7] "2017 LEO AWARDS, Nominees & Winners by Name". www.leoawards.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

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