{"id":607,"date":"2011-11-01T11:44:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/?p=607"},"modified":"2012-02-21T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T19:59:32","slug":"getting-ready-for-the-giller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready for the Giller"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Canvassing Friends on What to Wear &#8211; this is not a rhetorical question<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Getting ready for this year&#8217;s Giller Prize ceremony I am a bit flummoxed on what to wear.<\/p>\n<p>Should I break with protocol and wear Pat McDonagh&#8217;s knock off of a World War One flying suit? The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, wore a suit like this in World War One when he knocked our aircraft out of the sky. He was shot down himself in 1918, the year the war ended.<\/p>\n<p>You get the picture.<\/p>\n<p>But do you get this picture? A case could be made that all writers should dress in combat gear for the Giller since it&#8217;s the biggest battle of the books we have in this country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-608\" title=\"S\" src=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg 260w, https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335.jpg 1239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canvassing Friends on What to Wear &#8211; this is not a rhetorical question Getting ready for this year&#8217;s Giller Prize ceremony I am a bit flummoxed on what to wear. Should I break with protocol and wear Pat McDonagh&#8217;s knock off of a World War One flying suit? The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, wore &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Getting ready for the Giller&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-literary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Getting ready for the Giller &#8211; Susan Swan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting ready for the Giller &#8211; Susan Swan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canvassing Friends on What to Wear &#8211; this is not a rhetorical question Getting ready for this year&#8217;s Giller Prize ceremony I am a bit flummoxed on what to wear. Should I break with protocol and wear Pat McDonagh&#8217;s knock off of a World War One flying suit? The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, wore &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Getting ready for the Giller&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Susan Swan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/susanswanonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-01T15:44:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-02-21T19:59:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sswan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swanscribe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swanscribe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sswan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sswan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1796a199861486552b66af8d48bc6554\"},\"headline\":\"Getting ready for the Giller\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-01T15:44:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-21T19:59:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":131,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\",\"Literary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/\",\"name\":\"Getting ready for the Giller &#8211; Susan Swan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-01T15:44:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-21T19:59:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1796a199861486552b66af8d48bc6554\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Getting ready for the Giller\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Susan Swan\",\"description\":\"The Biggest Modern Writer in the World\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1796a199861486552b66af8d48bc6554\",\"name\":\"sswan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34439d40cdcc0a2dbeab6866009ddae76516a95bf10b42aebe73c207487cc529?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34439d40cdcc0a2dbeab6866009ddae76516a95bf10b42aebe73c207487cc529?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34439d40cdcc0a2dbeab6866009ddae76516a95bf10b42aebe73c207487cc529?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"sswan\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/susanswanonline.com\\\/wpress\\\/author\\\/sswan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Getting ready for the Giller &#8211; Susan Swan","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Getting ready for the Giller &#8211; Susan Swan","og_description":"Canvassing Friends on What to Wear &#8211; this is not a rhetorical question Getting ready for this year&#8217;s Giller Prize ceremony I am a bit flummoxed on what to wear. Should I break with protocol and wear Pat McDonagh&#8217;s knock off of a World War One flying suit? The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, wore &hellip; Continue reading \"Getting ready for the Giller\"","og_url":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/","og_site_name":"Susan Swan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/susanswanonline\/","article_published_time":"2011-11-01T15:44:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-02-21T19:59:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"sswan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swanscribe","twitter_site":"@swanscribe","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"sswan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/"},"author":{"name":"sswan","@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/1796a199861486552b66af8d48bc6554"},"headline":"Getting ready for the Giller","datePublished":"2011-11-01T15:44:08+00:00","dateModified":"2012-02-21T19:59:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/"},"wordCount":131,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg","articleSection":["Blog","Literary"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/","url":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/","name":"Getting ready for the Giller &#8211; Susan Swan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg","datePublished":"2011-11-01T15:44:08+00:00","dateModified":"2012-02-21T19:59:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/1796a199861486552b66af8d48bc6554"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/P291011_13.38_02-e1320161381335-260x430.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/getting-ready-for-the-giller\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Getting ready for the Giller"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/","name":"Susan Swan","description":"The Biggest Modern Writer in the World","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/1796a199861486552b66af8d48bc6554","name":"sswan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34439d40cdcc0a2dbeab6866009ddae76516a95bf10b42aebe73c207487cc529?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34439d40cdcc0a2dbeab6866009ddae76516a95bf10b42aebe73c207487cc529?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34439d40cdcc0a2dbeab6866009ddae76516a95bf10b42aebe73c207487cc529?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"sswan"},"url":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/author\/sswan\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2cEJS-9N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}