Jon Doust

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.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

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.{{cn|date=January 2023}} He was a regular guest on ABC Radio's Ted Bull programme.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/|title=ABC Radio PERTH|first=Rachel|last=Edwards|website=www.abc.net.au}}

Doust was a guest lecturer at the Curtin University Business School's Centre for Entrepreneurship{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbs.curtin.edu.au/business/professional-services/entrepreneurship/programs-and-workshops/training-team|title=Bio from Curtin Business School}}

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.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

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){{Cite web|url=http://www.aussiereviews.com/article1126.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409035942/http://www.aussiereviews.com/article1126.html|title=Book Review - Magpie Mischief|archive-date=9 April 2007}} 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.{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-06-18|title=WA Premier's Book Awards shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/06/18/188274/wa-premiers-book-awards-shortlists-announced-3/ |access-date=2021-07-26|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}

Doust's novels are Boy on a Wire, To the Highlands and Return Ticket.

• Boy on a Wire is based on boarding school experiences in Perth, Western Australia.{{Citation | author1=Knight, Fran | title=Review: Boy on a Wire | journal=Magpies |date=2009-05-01 |volume=24 | issue=2 | pages=39(2) | issn=0817-0088}} {{Citation | author1=Saxby, Maurice | title=Review of Doust, Jon: Boy on a Wire | journal=Reading Time |date=2009-08-01 | publisher=Children's Book Council of Australia | volume=53 | issue=3 | page=35}}{{Citation | title=Boy on a Wire.(A2) | newspaper=The Age |date=2009-07-04 | page=26 }}
• To the Highlands was based on experiences on a South Pacific island.{{Citation | last=Grunseit |first=Paula |title=To the highlands [Book Review] | journal=Bookseller + Publisher Magazine |date=2012 | volume=91 | issue=9 | page=24 | issn=1833-5403}} {{Citation | title=In short.(Spectrum)(Book review) | newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=2012-08-11 | page=32 | issn=0312-6315}}
• Return Ticket has included experiences between Australia, South Africa and Kibbutz living in Israel.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

• (1992) Letters to the police — and other species with George Gosh. Lesmurdie, W.A: Wordplay.
• (1993) Better than a poke in the eye: a few notes, tips and things to do to help you increase the laughage in your life Lesmurdie W.A.: Wordplay.
• (1993) How to — lose an election Lesmurdie, W.A: Wordplay.
• (2002) with Ken Spillman Magpie mischief (illustrations by Marion Duke). Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. {{ISBN|1-86368-355-0}}
• (2005) with Ken Spillman Magwheel madness (illustrations by Marion Duke). Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. {{ISBN|1-920731-76-8}}
• (2009) Boy on a Wire, Fremantle Press, {{ISBN|978-1-921361-45-6}}
• (2012) To the Highlands, Fremantle Press, {{ISBN|978-1-921888-77-9}}
• (2020) Return Ticket, Fremantle Press, {{ISBN|978-1-925816-39-6}}

• (1997) Great Australian Bites, ed. Dave Warner, Fremantle Arts Centre Press.
• (1997) Fathers in Writing, ed. Ross Fitzgerald and Ken Spillman, Tuart House.

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• [http://boyonawire.blogspot.com/ boyonawire.blogspot.com]
• [http://www.jondoust.iinet.net.au/ jondoust.iinet.net.au]
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