Frederick Smith, Ed.D.

Photo of books purchased at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville.

My book haul from last weekend’s Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, Florida.

Includes books by @danielleallen.bsky.social, @itsladarrion.bsky.social, @ravynnkamia.bsky.social, and more.

A great book event and weekend! ✍🏾📚💕

#BlackBookBash #BlackBookBash2025 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Can’t get enough of these evening sunsets over Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco. 🌅🌊

#SunsetSky #SanFrancisco #LakeMerced #PacificOcean

#verseoftheday October 11, 2025 @youversion.bsky.social

Kardea Brown's Shrimp and Grits Starts with Bacon Podcast Episode · Your Mama’s Kitchen · 09/16/2025 · 45m

Listened to this episode of Your Mama’s Kitchen podcast.

Takeaways from this conversation with @michelenorris.bsky.social & Kardea Brown - South Carolina rice, South Carolina shrimp, & Marsh Hen grits are everything. Need to find & taste!

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#FoodSky #DinnerSky

Photo of E. Lynn Harris with several of his book covers surrounding him.

Photo of Frederick Smith surrounded by several of his book covers.

Representation in books is important for self-affirmation and for learning about other people.

On this National Coming Out Day, I encourage you to explore the books of E. Lynn Harris.

And you can check out my books, too.

We both feature Black men in love! ✍🏾📚💕🌈 #NCOD #MMRomance #Romancelandia

So sad 😢

I thought of you when I saw the news a few minutes ago 🙏🏾😢

Season 7, Episode 3: Take Me Thru There (ft. Aria Daze) Podcast Episode · Romance in Colour · 10/10/2025 · 58m

I like listening to the Romance in Colour podcast when it drops on Fridays.

This episode features a fun conversation between @richardwriteson.bsky.social, host, with romance author Aria Daze.

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✍🏾📚💕
#Romancelandia #BookSky #BlackBookSky #BlackRomance

I like a Friday when no one is in the office but me and the front desk staff, and I have only a 9 am and a 11:30 am meeting on the calendar. Now, that’s a Good Friday at work on a Friday! 🎓🙌🏾 #FridayFeeling #HigherEdSky

i think people who have a hard on for Ai truly cannot understand that some people are just talented in the arts and have worked hard to become better at their craft. saying this to the creator of one of the best shows ever written is insane.

Slide with photo of Frederick Smith and book cover of his novel One and Done announcing his participation at the Black Romance Book Fest in Atlanta in May 2026.

Time to get some nighttime writing in.

But, I just want to say how excited I am to be attending the Black Romance Book Festival in Atlanta in May 2026!

✍🏾📚💕🌈 #BRBF2026 #BlackRomanceBookFest #Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #WriterSky

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

S08.04: We Love You Chicago, Dc, and LA — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People We're thinking about Chicago, DC, and LA this week, and standing in solidarity with the people living and resisting in those cities. While reading isn't action, it can supplement it, and keep us joyfu...

Great @fatedmates.net episode standing in solidarity with Chicago, DC, and LA.

Politically. And romantically.

Highlighting romance novels set in Chicago, DC, and LA on this episode. 📚💕

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#Romancelandia #FatedMates #RomanceBookSky #BookSky

Indeed 🙏🏾

Why We Love HEAs with Chandra Wicke Podcast Episode · We Read It One Night · 10/08/2025 · 1h 1m

Great We Read It One Night podcast episode.

It features photographer Chandra Wicke on the forthcoming Happily Ever After Society Book, celebrating the romance genre and the people who write romance novels. 📚💕

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#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BookSky

In her own words... Dolly Parton is just fine! 🙏🏾✨ #DollyParton

This Sat, Oct. 11 at Eastern Parkway Library in Brklyn, I’ll host a free workshop “How to Write a Ghost Story.” I’ll discuss world-building, characterization, supernatural themes, and craft. Attendees will have opportunity to write, receive feedback. RSVP at www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/how... ✨

The Greene Sisters Buy books online and find book series such as The Greene Sisters written by Kristina Forest from PenguinRandomHouse.com

Author Kristina Forest was on the panel with me in DC. Check out her amazing series.
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Another great episode of @queerlyrec.bsky.social!

Have you listened to the latest episode yet?

In this clip, @krisbryant.bsky.social  shares some of what she loves about the latest romance from Melissa Brayden, Can We Skip to the Good Part?

Listen now: https://www.queerlyrecommended.com/2025/09/30/its-only-tuesday-qr-117/

Yum!

It’s always hard waking up and preparing for “the real world” after attending book events like Black Book Bash for a long weekend.

But here we go. Back to life. Back to reality. Back to the day job. I hope your adjustment back is going well! 📚🙏🏾 #BlackBookBash #BlackBookBash2025

Quick stop and plane change in Atlanta before heading to San Francisco. Oh, I really love Atlanta and the temptation to stay is real… ✈️🌁 #TravelSky #SanFrancisco

I’m convinced people talk about work stuff really loud on their phones in airports to make themselves feel important. Or, just can’t read the room that we don’t care about their work/business conversation. Lol. ✈️ #AirportSky #VacationSky #TravelSky

Photo of Frederick Smith posing next to a colorful sign that looks like a stack of books with the words “Black Book Bash, Our Stories Our Terms, Love Jones & Situationships, Real Life Real Talk, Black To The Future, Coming In Hot and Coming Of Age, and Don’t Go In There!”

Frederick Smith posing with a group of women holding up books by the author — Busy Ain’t the Half of Ot, One and Done, and Play it Forward.

Frederick Smith and a reader holding up books Busy Ain’t the Half of It and One and Done.

Frederick Smith (One and Done) and Kaia Alderson (A League of Her Own), authors, holding up their books.

Shout out to @iamcaseyrkelley.bsky.social and the Black Book Bash team for an amazing book event in Jacksonville, FL, October 3-5, 2025.

It was indeed a literary family reunion and celebration of Black books in all genres. A few photos.

✍🏾📚💕 #BlackBookBash #BlackBookBash2025 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Parable of the Sower Check out Parable of the Sower - <p><b>From a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin ...

Black Speculative Fiction month is a great excuse for us all to remember Octavia told us so.
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What I love most about this convo with one of my favorite people and keke partners @fsmith827.bsky.social is the ground we cover about college, from the political to personal. It’s thing I love most about #DemBlackMamas We don’t lose context. We always acknowledge the times we are in.

DBM Ep 72 Back To School & Black Motherhood w/ Dr. Frederick Smith - black mama magic SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR POD FIX: APPLE PODCAST|SPOTIFY|SOUNDCLOUD|PANDORA|YouTube   Dear Mamas & Magic Makers What if I told you the collision […]

I love the @demblackmamas.bsky.social podcast.

So when their team invited me on to talk about the current landscape of K-12 and Higher Education, I was happy to join.

I hope you’ll listen, learn, and enjoy! 🎓🎧

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#HigherEdSky #K12Sky #EducationSky #ParentSky

Congratulations!

The Black, Queer, and In Love panel at Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, Fl, Sunday, 10/5/25. Featuring Frederick Smith, Damian Jackson, and Clarence A. Haynes.

The Black, Queer, & In Love panel at the Black Book Bash in Jacksonville, FL. Sunday, 10/5/25. ✍🏾📚🌈

L to R:
Me, Frederick Smith, One and Done;

Panel moderator Damian Jackson;

Clarence Haynes (@clarenceahaynes.bsky.social), The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery

#BlackBookBash #BookSky #BlackBookSky