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Frederick Smith, Ed.D.
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Love Is A Contact Sport - 6/16/26 on Bold Strokes Books ✍🏾📚💕🌈
Romance author. Romance reader. Higher Ed Professional. Former TV news. Detroiter in Bay Area. All things Beyoncé. Email: [email protected]; Important Links: linktr.ee/FrederickLSmith
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I’ll be a participating author at Lavender Con Book Fest, a celebration of LGBTQIA+ authors and stories, July 25 & 26, 2026, in DC. Event presented by Little District Books.

Event info: lavendercon.com

Bookstore info: littledistrictbooks.com

#BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BlackBookSky #QueerBookSky
Photo of Frederick Smith and book cover of his novel Love Is A Contact Sport. The photo includes text that says Frederick Smith, confirmed author, Lavender Con, July 2026.
February 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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I’ll be a participating author at Black Romance Book Fest, May 29-31, 2026, in Atlanta. It’s my second time. I love attending BRBF.

Festival info: blackromancebookfest.com

Preorders for BRBF 2026: beventi.co/orderform/ay...

#BRBF2026 #BookSky #BlackRomanceBookFest
#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky
Photo of Frederick Smith and book cover of One and Done. The photo has information announcing Frederick Smith as a participating author at Black Romance Book Fest.
February 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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New vendor I saw at my local farmers market in San Francisco this morning, 2/1/26.

The Weekend Store, with a mission to center feminists, BIPOC, and LGBT+ communities in products.

I bought four cards and was gifted a bookmark.

www.theweekendstore.com

#BookSky #FeministSky #BlackHistoryMonth
Cards with Marsha P. Johnson and Rosa Parks on them Cards with Frida Kahlo, Toni Morrison, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg on them. Cards with Marsha P. Johnson, Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Maya Angelou, and Angela Davis on them.
February 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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My January 2026 reading. Continued from previous post. ✍🏾📚💕

You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky

Rebel by Beverly Jenkins

#BookSky #Romancelandia
Book covers of my January 2026 reading. A Little Bit Country by @bdkennedybooks Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston by @gerrickkennedy Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget by Zuri Day You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky Rebel by Beverly Jenkins
February 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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My January 2026 reading, in order of finishing them. All highly recommended. ✍🏾📚💕

A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston by Gerrick Kennedy

Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget by Zuri Day
(cont’d next post)
#BookSky #Romancelandia
Book covers of my January 2026 reading. A Little Bit Country by @bdkennedybooks Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston by @gerrickkennedy Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget by Zuri Day You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky Rebel by Beverly Jenkins
February 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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If you’re new to the world of MM Romance because of Heated Rivalry, welcome! 👋🏾🙋🏾‍♂️📚💕🌈

I invite you to check out my novels featuring Black Queer characters and set in California — Los Angeles or Bay Area (Oakland & San Francisco).

#MMRomance #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BlackBookSky #HeatedRivalry
January 31, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Giving you flowers for the timeline. 💐🫶🏾

#FlowersSky #GardenSky
Bouquets of pink, green, purple, orange, and white flowers.
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Just finished reading… on 1/25/26.

You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky.

Enjoyed it a lot! 📚💕🥂

Published on Harlequin Afterglow.

www.timothyjanovsky.com/you-had-me-a...

#Romancelandia #MMRomance #RomanceBookSky
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Book mail from Thea Monyeé.

Her latest:
To Be (Black), Wild & Loved
another unconventional memoir

Stay up to date with all Thea’s joy updates and books.

theamonyee.com

#TheaMonyee #BookSky #BlackBookSky #BlackJoy #JoySky #HigherEdSky
Photo includes book cover of To Be (Black), Wild & Loved, plus photo of Thea Monyeé, and a bookmark that reads Global Joy Dept.
January 25, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Pearl Cleage, Detroit-raised & Atlanta-based playwright & novelist, is one of my favorite writers. I love all her plays, novels, essays, & speeches. Wisdom, lessons, & knowledge. I encourage you to read her novels, plays, & memoir.

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

#PearlCleage #BlackBookSky #BookSky
January 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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“I think the world would be a better place if more men read romance novels.” - Frederick Smith

Part of my feature in the @hea-society.bsky.social book, a celebration of the romance novel genre, curated by Chandra Wicke. 📚💕

happilyeveraftersociety.com

#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BookSky
Photo of author Frederick Smith with the cover of the book The Happily Ever After Society, curated by Chandra Wicke. Underneath the photo is the quote, “I think the world would be a better place if more men read romance novels.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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My friend & colleague @drportiapreston.bsky.social is having a book signing at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica, CA for her book “Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go?”

Go & support if you’re in the LA area.

Sunday, 1/25/26, 1pm. In person.

stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

#BookSky #HigherEdSky
My friend and colleague @drportiapreston is having a book signing event at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica, CA for her book “Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go?” Go and support if you’re in the LA area. Sunday, 1/25/26, 1pm. In person. https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062201649-0
January 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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I am taking requests for book events - podcasts, prides, book conferences, bookshops, book clubs, etc… I’d love to talk with you!

Signup: bit.ly/ARCSandEvents

Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social
Image of Frederick Smith and his book covers. Text surrounding the images says Love Is A Contact Sport out 6/16/26 on Bold Strokes Books. Text surrounding also says ARCs and Events Requests.
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Conscious. Black. Queer. Human. Contemporary MM romance set in California.

My backlist novels on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social : www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/freder...

Contact: linktr.ee/FrederickLSm...

ARCs and Events: bit.ly/ARCSandEvents

#BookSky #BlackBookSky #MMRomance #RomanceBookSky
Photo contains book covers of Frederick Smith novels: Play It Forward, Love Is A Contact Sport, Right Side of the Wrong Bed, In Case You Forgot, Busy Ain’t The Half Of It, One and Done, and Down For Whatever.
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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One and Done, a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area, MM romance novel published June 11, 2024 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social ✍🏾📚💕🌈

www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/one-an...

Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles (Queer Mocha on Instagram).

#BookSky #BlackBookSky #MMRomance #RomanceBookSky #Romancelandia
One and Done book cover has two professionally dressed Black men walking along a waterfront, gazing into each other’s eyes, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM romance novel is out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. ✍🏾📚💕🌈

Pre-order wherever you buy books, or: www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/love-i...

Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles (Queer Mocha on Instagram).

#BookSky
Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircut, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer on it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing.
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Join us this weekend, Saturday!

Book-A-Licious
A Queer Reading Event, curated and hosted by @jezabelle.bsky.social
📚🌈

Saturday, 1/24/26.
9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern.
Free and Online.
RSVP: bit.ly/3L6Al9m

#BookSky #QueerBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookALicious
January 24, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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It’s a book anniversary! 📚🎉

Play It Forward published 1/20/2015 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social.

MM Romance between Malcolm Campbell, the queer community activist, and Tyrell Kincaid, the NBA ball player. ✊🏾🏀🌈

www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/play-i...

#Romancelandia #MMRomance #RomanceBookSky
January 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Join us this week, Saturday!

Book-A-Licious
A Queer Reading Event, curated and hosted by @jezabelle.bsky.social
📚🌈

Saturday, 1/24/26.
9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern.
Free and Online.
RSVP: bit.ly/3L6Al9m

#BookSky #LGBTQSky #QueerBookSky
Join us this week, Saturday! Book-A-Licious A Queer Reading Event, curated and hosted by @iamjezabelle. 📚🌈 Saturday, 1/24/26. 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern. Free and Online. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3L6Al9m
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Just finished reading.
Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget by Zuri Day, published on Harlequin Afterflow. Enjoyed it a lot!

www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9... ✍🏾📚💕

#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BookSky #BlackBookSky
January 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Join us next week, Saturday!

Book-A-Licious
A Queer Reading Event. 📚🌈

Saturday, 1/24/26.
9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern.
Free and Online.
RSVP: bit.ly/3L6Al9m

#BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #SapphicRomance #MMRomance
Join us next week, Saturday! Book-A-Licious A Queer Reading Event. 📚🌈 Saturday, 1/24/26. 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern. Free and Online. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3L6Al9m
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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If you're in the San Diego area, support Meet Cute Bookshop, and also preorder my forthcoming novel.

Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance is out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social. 📚🌈

meetcutebookshop.com/item/5nyr0Nq...

#BookSky #Romancelandia
Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircut, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer on it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing.
January 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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My friend & colleague @drportiapreston.bsky.social is having a book signing event at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica, CA for her book “Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go?”

Go if you’re in the LA area.

Sunday, 1/25/26, 1pm. In person.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

#BookSky #HigherEdSky
Image of Dr. Portia Preston holding her book “Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go?” And information about her book signing event on Sunday, 1/25/26 at 1pm at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica, CA.
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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My friend and colleague @drportiapreston.bsky.social is having a book signing event at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica, CA for her book “Hustle, Flow, or Let It Go?”

Go and support if you’re in the LA area.

Sunday, 1/25/26, 1pm. In person.
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

#BookSky
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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If you're in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area, support The Dock Bookshop & preorder my forthcoming novel.

Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social

thedockbookshop.com/book/9781636...

#BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky
Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircut, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer on it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing.
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM