Events

Book Events 2026 & 2027

Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, Contemporary MM Romance novel is out June 2026 on Bold Strokes Books. Here are confirmed book events I’ll be attending or doing in 2026 and 2027. I will update this as quickly as I can […]

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Podcasts and Online Appearances.

Podcasts and Online Appearances.

Recent Podcasts and Online Appearances to talk about my novels, writing, romance genre, and more… or where my books have been mentioned. The Lit Library: Road to BRBF 2026 – Can I Give You Skittles. 3/10/26. Apple Podcasts. Spotify. YouTube. Minoritea Report: Welcome Back Frederick Smith. 2/23/26. […]

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Online Panel. One and Done – Creating the Book Cover, a Conversation with Ray Jean-Gilles, cover artist, and Frederick Smith, author. Watch on YouTube.

Online Panel. One and Done – Creating the Book Cover, a Conversation with Ray Jean-Gilles, cover artist, and Frederick Smith, author. Watch on YouTube.

Join Ray Jean-Gilles, cover artist for One and Done, and Frederick Smith, author, One and Done, for a discussion about the collaboration process between artist and author in the book cover design process. Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/OneAndDoneBookCoverDesign One and Done, a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area […]

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Online Author Panel. School’s Out, Let’s Write: Educators Who Write Fiction. Watch on YouTube.

Online Author Panel. School’s Out, Let’s Write: Educators Who Write Fiction. Watch on YouTube.

Educators by day. Authors by night… or whenever there’s free time to write! Join us for a panel of authors — Aurora Rey, Erin Zak, Faith Kazmi, Frederick Smith, and Lia Riley — who juggle day jobs in education and free time as writers. Watch on YouTube […]

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Online Author Panel. Blurbs, Pride Month, Black Books, and More: Authors Katrina Jackson, Aaron Foley, and Frederick Smith. Watch on YouTube.

Online Author Panel. Blurbs, Pride Month, Black Books, and More: Authors Katrina Jackson, Aaron Foley, and Frederick Smith. Watch on YouTube.

Join authors Katrina Jackson, Aaron Foley, and Frederick Smith as they discuss a number of topics for writers and readers: writing blurbs for other authors, fluid identities in fiction, Pride Month & books, and more. Watch on YouTube now: https://bit.ly/BlurbsPrideBooksMore

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