Events « Frederick L. Smith

IG Live. Adriana Herrera with Fred and Chaz. September 19, 2021.

On September 28, 2021 / Book Reading and Signing, Instagram Live, Open To The Public / Leave a comment

Tags: Adriana Herrera, Black Authors, Black LGBTQ, Black Romance, Bold Strokes Books, Busy Ain't The Half Of It, Chaz Lamar Cruz, Frederick Smith, IG Live, Latinx LGBTQ, LGBTQ Books, MM Romance, Pods in Color, Queer Readers, Queer Romance, Romance, Second Chance Romance, Single Dad, Single Father

Chaz and I talked with award-winning and bestselling romance author Adriana Herrera on Sunday, September 19, 2021 on Instagram Live. We talked about writing queer characters of color, Lil Nas X, social justice, our latest projects, and Busy Ain’t The Half Of It on Bold Strokes Books. […]

IG Live with GLAAD Hangouts. Thursday, 9/2/21, 3pm PST / 6pm EST.

On September 2, 2021 / Book Reading and Signing, Instagram Live, Open To The Public / Leave a comment

Tags: Black Artists, Black Authors, Black Journalists, Black LGBTQ, Black Queer, Bold Strokes Books, Busy Ain't The Half Of It, Chaz Lamar Cruz, Creatives, Frederick Smith, Gay Romance, GLAAD, GLAAD Hangouts, IG Live, Julian J. Walker, LGBTQ Books, Los Angeles, MM Romance, Queer Readers, Queer Romance, Second Chance Romance

Join us for an Instagram Live event — GLAAD, Chaz Lamar Cruz, Julian J. Walker, and me — as discuss our recent novel Busy Ain’t The Half Of It, our writing and creative journey, Black LGBTQ life, and more. If you missed this event, here is the […]

Queer Joy Book Club. Discussion. Sunday, 8/29/21, 2-3 pm PST on IG Live.

On August 26, 2021 / Book Club, Instagram Live, Open To The Public / Leave a comment

Tags: Black Authors, Black LGBTQ, Black Romance, Bold Strokes Books, Book Club, Busy Ain't The Half Of It, Chaz Lamar Cruz, Frederick Smith, IG Live, Instagram Live, Jota Reads, LGBTQ Books, LGBTQ Novels, Los Angeles Novels, MM Romance, Queer Joy Book Club, Romance Novels, YA Characters

The Queer Joy Book Club has chosen Busy Ain’t The Half Of It as the August 2021 selection. If you missed this event, you can watch here (it contains SPOILERS): https://www.instagram.com/tv/CTLJn4loWvO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Join us on Sunday, 8/29/21, 2 – 3 pm PST (5 – 6 pm EST) for […]

Silicon Valley Pride Day Festival. Downtown San Jose. Sunday, 8/29/21. 12 – 6 pm PST.

On August 26, 2021 / Book Reading and Signing, Cultural/Pride Festivals, In Person Event, Open To The Public / Leave a comment

Tags: Bold Strokes Books, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Books, Pride, San Jose, Silicon Valley Pride

Join me… along with Bold Strokes Books authors Cass Sellars and Bud Gundy at Day Festival at Silicon Valley Pride on Sunday, 8/29/21, from 12 – 6 pm PST. At our Bold Strokes Books table at the festival, we’ll be selling and signing copies of our latest […]

The Black Umbrella Podcast. 8/26/21.

On August 26, 2021 / Podcasts / Leave a comment

Tags: Black Authors, Black Bookstagrammers, Black Journalists, Black LGBTQ, Bold Strokes Books, Book Club, Book Tok, Busy Ain't The Half Of It, Frederick Smith, In Case You Forgot, LA Novels, LGBTQ, MM Romance, Pods in Color, Queer Readers, Queer Romance, Second Chance Romance, Single Dad, The Black Umbrella, The Black Umbrella Podcast, WeHo, West Hollywood

Chaz Lamar Cruz and I joined the hosts of The Black Umbrella podcast (Frenchie, Nika, and Wes) for their summer interview series. Link to The Black Umbrella episode featuring Chaz and Fred is here: Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tbu-summer-interview-series-fred-chaz/id1446517321?i=1000533215892 or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/60ZCAXPvbsREZGClBXqH1z?si=ACuxOvpjQGSZUMnW7jWnbQ or SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/theblackumbrellapc/tbu-summer-interview-series-fred-chaz On this episode, we […]