Frederick Smith, Ed.D.

Load up on some Queer Romance novels this weekend via @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social ✍🏾📚💕🌈

www.boldstrokesbooks.com

#LGBTQBookSky #QueerBookSky #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky

I went to Trader Joe’s before it opened at 8 am this morning to pick up a few essentials before the weekend. The line waiting outside was super long. We couldn’t figure out why. Then, we got inside and… FLOWERS for Valentines Day! TJ’s has fresh flowers first thing in the morning! Love in the air 💐💕

Wow, what a fantastic resource! And with essays on Beverly Jenkins, and the history of Black romance! Plus recs across genres. (I spy @valeriebolling.bsky.social 's latest #KidLit title!)

It’s such a great resource. Informative and beautifully designed. 📚💕

The Detroit Public Library curated a wonderful booklist dedicated to Black Romance.

2026 African American Booklist - If this World Were Mine: Romance and African American Writers

Access it for free via the link here:
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#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky

Author Talk: Valentine's Day Black Romance Writers Panel Join us for a special discussion featuring four Midwestern Black romance writers.

If you’re in Detroit.

A Valentine’s Day Black Romance Writers Panel

Saturday, 2/14/26, 2-4pm EST

Main Branch
Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit
✍🏾📚💕
www.eventbrite.com/e/author-tal...

#Romancelandia #Detroit #DetroitPublicLibrary #BookSky #BlackBookSky

Today, Friday, 2/13/26, is the last day to vote for the @blackgirlswhowrite.bsky.social It’s Lit Literary Awards: bit.ly/4tgMyth. 📚🏆

#BookSky #BlackBookSky

Block. Blockety Block. As we head into February, Black History Month, remember that this month is short, intentional, and earned—created because Black contributions were systematically erased from American history.

Listening to @vanessariley.com’s Write of Passage podcast.

Great episode on performative posts within the bookish community during Black History Month.

vanessariley.substack.com/p/block-bloc...

#BookSky #BlackBookSky #BlackHistoryMonth #Romancelandia

To Whom This May Concern by Jill Scott on Apple Music Album · 2026 · 19 Songs

This album is 🔥🔥🔥

To Whom This May Concern by Jill Scott.

music.apple.com/us/album/to-...

#JillScott #MusicSky

Random about me & food.

I’ll eat most anything except… from top row to bottom.

Liver. Sardines. Black licorice. Beets. Olives (all varieties).

Growing up, my parents encouraged & rewarded “the clean plate club,” between my sister and me. It opened up our tastebuds to most foods. 🥗🍛
#FoodSky

You’re welcome. It was a great conversation.

Minoritea Report: Australian Open '26 w/ Myles David, The Year of Bad Bunny, Sherri Shepherd... What Happened, Girl!? Yo Aunteas are back, joined by Myles David, from Tuned Into Tennis! the crew break down the biggest storylines coming out of the Australian Open, including legacy conversations, player behavior, media...

Another fave podcast. Another great weekly episode... @minoriteareport.bsky.social.

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#BlackQueerSky #MinoriteaReport #LGBTQSky #QueerSky

Vote for Podcast in the 2026 Queerties Awards Vote now for your favorite LGBTQ+ media and culture icons. Awards will be presented at the Queerties Live Event on March 12, 2024.

And don't forget to vote for Bad Queers podcast in the annual @queerty.com awards. Now through 2/17/26.

www.queerty.com/queerties/vo...

#BadQueers #LGBTQSky #BlackQueerSky #QueerSky #Queerties

Episodes | Bad Queers Podcast

It's the weekly Bad Queers podcast episode... discussing all things Black & Queer... from politics to pop culture.

www.badqueers.com/episodes/epi...

#BadQueers #LGBTQSky #BlackQueerSky #QueerSky

UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.

This is AWFUL. Univ of Texas is consolidating 4 depts into 1: African and African Diaspora Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Mexican American and Latino Studies will become "a Social and Cultural Analysis department." www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...

Lavender Con is a book fest focused on LGBTQIA+ novels, stories, & authors.

July 25 & 26, 2026 in DC. Tickets on sale now.

The author interest form is still open. Link here: lavendercon.com/pages/author...

I'm attending as an author in 2026. I enjoyed it in 2024.
📚🌈
#LGBTQBookSky #LavenderCon

Wild Rain | Women Who Dare Series | Author Beverly Jenkins Wild Rain is the second book in Women Who Dare Series, an African American historial western book series set in the aftermath of the Civil War and written by

Currently reading & enjoying Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins (@authormsbev.bsky.social).

Random - I love how the characters describe the smell & taste of bacon, or the warmth and satisfaction of coffee at breakfast time. Details!

www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/women-...

#Romancelandia #BeverlyJenkins

24 hours 'til a new Jill Scott is out. Excited.
A Valentines Day gift for all of us. 🎶🎧💕

#JillScott #MusicSky

Romance Authors.

The @fallintobooksfest.bsky.social is a West Coast / Orange County based romance book fest taking place November 12 - 14, 2026.

They are accepting author participation applications through 2/28/26.

Info: www.fallintobooksfest.com/copy-of-auth...

#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky

Black in Love with Ebony LaDelle | MahoganyBooks Podcast Network - Our Stories, Our Voices, Our Way Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree ! This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Ebony LaDelle , editor of the YA Romance Collection:...

I enjoyed this Black & Published podcast episode.

Hosted by author @nikeshaelise.bsky.social, this episode features an interview and conversation with author @ebonyladelle.bsky.social on Black YA & New Adult Romance.

mahoganybooksmedia.com/podcast/blac...

#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky

So excited for this. Can’t wait to get the mag in my hands

💯

Black and white photo of Whitney Houston, side profile. She is holding a microphone and singing.

Remembering Whitney Houston 🙏🏾
Today and always...
#WhitneyHouston

Thanks for tagging the article author. Following now. 🙂

A cool article by Danika Ellis, aka @lesbrary.bsky.social

26 Queer Books by Black Authors Out in 2026 to Preorder Now Here are 26 of the most exciting new queer books by Black authors out in 2026, including historical fiction, romantasy, horror, and memoirs.

Via @bookriot.bsky.social.

26 Queer Books by Black Authors Out in 2026 to Preorder Now

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

bookriot.com/queer-books-...

#BlackBookSky #QueerBookSky

16 of the Best New Romances by Black Authors A bounty of new and recent Black romances await you, including a golf romance, enemies to lovers stories, great romantasy, and more.

Article by @jessisreading.bsky.social, librarian with Tucson Library and cohost of “When In Romance” podcast, in @bookriot.bsky.social

16 of the Best New Romances by Black Authors.

bookriot.com/best-new-bla...

#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BlackBookSky #BookSky

My first time attending a @warriorsofficial.bsky.social game.

What a night! What a game! What a win! 🏀

#NBASky #GoldenStateWarriors #SanFrancisco

A great The Lit Library podcast episode!

An interview with legendary author Beverly Jenkins (@authormsbev.bsky.social).

www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the...

#Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BlackBookSky #BookSky #BeverlyJenkins

Just finished reading this …

I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram. Loved it. 📚💕🌈

adibkhorram.com/ill-have

#Romancelandia #MMRomance #BookSky #LGBTQBookSky