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Frederick Smith, Ed.D.
@fsmith827.bsky.social
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
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
February 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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
February 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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
February 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM
My January 2026 reading. Continued from previous post. ✍🏾📚💕

You Had Me At Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky

Rebel by Beverly Jenkins

#BookSky #Romancelandia
February 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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
February 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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
Giving you flowers for the timeline. 💐🫶🏾

#FlowersSky #GardenSky
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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
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
January 25, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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
“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
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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
January 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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).

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January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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
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
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
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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
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
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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
January 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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
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
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM