Phil Jourdan is an author, musician and publisher based in the UK. His literary work is often experimental in nature, and he has been called "an avant gardist through and through". His first book, ''Praise of Motherhood'', was noted for its unconventional approach to the genre of

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobiog ...

, as well as Jourdan's refusal to ‘allow the constraints of perspective or chronology to guide the text’ and "painfully honest". He is the author of three books: * ''What Precision, Such Restraint'' (2013, Perfect Edge Books) * '' John Gardner: A Tiny Eulogy'' (2012, Punctum books) * ''Praise of Motherhood'' (2011, Zero Books), a 2012 IndieFab Award Finalist. Translated into Spanish as ''Madre in memoriam''. His work has been featured in Chuck Palahniuk's anthology, ''Burnt Tongues''. He fronts the rock band Paris and the Hiltons, whose song "Quentin Will End Up Killing Himself" was a winner in the 2013 Independent Music Awards. His translation of Portuguese novelist Jose Luis Peixoto's first book, Morreste-me, was published in 2011 in the

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's literary journal, The Warwick Review. Jourdan is one of the founders of the online writing workshop, LitReactor, and of the political imprint

Repeater Books Repeater Books is a publishing imprint based in London, founded in 2014 by Tariq Goddard and Mark Fisher, formerly the founders of radical publishers Zero Books, along with Etan Ilfeld, Tamar Shlaim, Alex Niven and Matteo Mandarini. Formation ...

. He has worked with various presses, including Perfect Edge (fiction) and Zero Books (political nonfiction), and is an editor at Angry Robot and

. As of January 2018, Jourdan has been writing and producing for former

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member

Paul Cattermole Paul Gerald Cattermole (born 7 March 1977) is an English singer. He was a member of the group S Club 7, but left the group in 2002. Early life Cattermole was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He was a member of the National Youth Music Thea ...

with a view to completing a comeback album in time for Christmas 2018.

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External links

Interview at Portuguese American JournalInterview at Monkey Bicycle
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