Jon Doust is a comedian, writer, novelist and professional speaker, born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, who lives in Albany, Western Australia. He gained a BA majoring in English from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) and worked in farming, retailing and journalism before pursuing a career in comedy and writing. [1] [2]
He has performed at a number of comedy venues and festivals, including the Amnesty International Comedy Festival in Sydney and the Palandri International Comedy Festival in Margaret River. He has supported local and international comedy acts including Alexei Sayle, Hale and Pace, Richard Stubbs, Rachel Berger and illusionist Robert Gallop.[ citation needed ]
He has been a regular voice on local ABC radio stations, including at one stage a regular inhabitant of the Sunday radio programmes of Peter Holland among others.[ citation needed ] He was a regular guest on ABC Radio's Ted Bull programme. [3]
Doust was a guest lecturer at the Curtin University Business School's Centre for Entrepreneurship [4] and for many years ran a University of Western Australia Extension Program course entitled How to Laugh Your Way out of a Paper bag, in collaboration with others including Steve Wells and Don Smith.[ citation needed ]
In the 1993 Australian federal election, he unsuccessfully stood for the seat of Curtin against incumbent Allan Rocher gaining only 428 votes (0.59%). His campaign slogan was "Put me last!". In the 1998 Australian federal election he stood against sitting member Geoff Prosser in the seat of Forrest, this time gaining 424 votes (0.56%).
Doust has co-authored with Ken Spillman two children's books, Magpie Mischief (2002) [5] and Magwheel Madness (2005) - both published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press, as well as short stories published in anthologies and The West Australian newspaper. He has also self-published two small books titled How to lose an election and Letters to the police and other species.
Early in his career he was a writer for Perth's Sunday Times newspaper as a reviewer of computer technology. He was later a columnist on the weekend edition of The West Australian newspaper, with clearly autobiographical references in his work.
He was shortlisted for the Western Australian Writer's Fellowship at the 2020 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards. [6]
Doust's novels are Boy on a Wire, To the Highlands and Return Ticket.
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