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Penguin Random House US has paid tribute to 36-year-old vice-president Erika Seyfried, who died over the weekend. 

Wigtown Book Festival has launched a £25,000 fundraising appeal to help secure its future following the financial challenges of Covid-19. 

Hachette has joined a growing number of UK companies that will not physically attend the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, although some firms do still plan to travel. 

The late Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s collection of short stories, The City of Mist, has gone to Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 

Penguin Random House has shown double digit organic growth in the first half of 2021 while parent company Bertelsmann has achieved record results with revenues of €8.7bn (£7.5bn), “significantly” above prior-year and pre-Covid levels. 

Victoria Hislop’s bestselling The Island (Headline) and its sequel have been celebrated with a series of projections across London including Marble Arch and the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral.