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Ups & Downs Named Indie Book Award Finalist

David Kassin Fried — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:22:07 +0000

This week, we found out that Ups & Downs was a finalist in the Travel/Travel Guide category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards! Although they’ve already announced the winner (and it wasn’t us), we’re excited to be among the 5 best books in this category!

As a reminder, Ups & Downs is currently a finalist for the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award. The winners will be announced at Book Expo America on May 25th.

New Excerpt Posted

David Kassin Fried — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:07:34 +0000

We’ve posted a new excerpt. In this one, Don immortally insults his future daughter-in-law, and the gang passes through “two sucky places.”

Grosse What?

Ups & Downs is a Foreword Book of the Year Award Finalist!

David Kassin Fried — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:18:14 +0000

Today, Foreword Reviews announced the finalists for their annual Book of the Year Awards, and Ups & Downs by Don & David Kassin Fried made the list!

First, second, and third place winners in each category will be announced in New York City at Book Expo America on May 25th, along with two Editor’s Choice Prizes of $1,500 each. Ups & Downs is among 8 finalists in the Travel Essays category.

New Excerpt Added

David Kassin Fried — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:21:04 +0000

We know, it’s been a long time, but we have a new excerpt added. Spending the night in the base station of a ski lift was quite conducive to paranoia – especially with all the stories David had grown up hearing about the Swiss Ski Lift Police. Then, in the morning, we encountered the universe’s most ineffective alien takeover attempt.

Read “Lizard Love” here.

Articles on Premieres of Don’s Plays

donfried — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:07:25 +0000

There were fantastic articles on the premieres of Postville and Shakespeare Incorporated this past weekend: Friday in the Longmont Times Call and Sunday in the Boulder Camera.

Don’s Play “The Code” Live on Boulder TV

donfried — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:30:15 +0000

“The Code,” the first of the 5 short plays in Don’s Senior Moments, will be performed live on Boulder’s Channel 54 Community Television, Wednesday, January 27th, at 7 pm. After the play, they’ll be interviewing him. You can watch the program live at http://www.cctv54.org, or view it later from the archives.

Review of U&D in Courier Newspaper

donfried — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:30:01 +0000

The October issue of the Left Hand Valley Courier newspaper, serving Longmont and Niwot, Colorado, has a review of Ups & Downs.

Reviewer Donna Currie says, “The reader laughs with them, at them, and then laughs some more … How such a mismatched father-and-son team could make it through several countries on foot without one of them tumbling down a mountainside is a wonder. But make it they did, with some good stories to tell.”

Online Store through U&D Website

David Kassin Fried — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:22:45 +0000

We’ve made some updates to our website. Okay, we made one update to our website, but it’s a major one.

Drumroll please: You can now buy Ups & Downs through our website! We’re still using Amazon.com to fill the orders (and you still need an Amazon.com login in order to buy it), but we’ve made things a little easier for anyone who wants to purchase the book.

New Excerpts Posted

David Kassin Fried — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:04:48 +0000

We’ve put two new excerpts up on the Excerpts page of the Ups & Downs website.

Here, we have our first experience with a “Massenlager” (which translates literally as “group camp” but more loosely as “Lay-em-down so their hips are touching”), Don gets infested with some kind of parasite that resembles the monster from the movie Alien, and David decides to spend the rest of his life as an Alpine monk.

Also, don’t forget to check out the Inner Views interview, now online.

Inner Views Interview Online

David Kassin Fried — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:28:51 +0000

Ups & Downs co-author David Kassin Fried appeared yesterday on Inner Views, the show that talks to ordinary people who’ve done extraordinary things.

Listen to the interview with David Kassin Fried.