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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Costa Book Awards 2017 [list of winners]" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ Cain, Sian (2 January 2018). "Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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