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- ↑ "Cost Book Award shortlist" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- 1 2 3 "Andrew Miller Wins 2011 Costa Book Of The Year" (PDF) (Press release). costabookawards.com. 2012-01-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ↑ "BBC News - Costa prize: Andrew Miller takes award for novel Pure". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ↑ Brown, Mark (2012-01-24). "Costa book award: Andrew Miller wins for sixth novel, Pure | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-01-25.