Complex sentence: Barry's most recent book, "The Secret Scripture" won the James Tait Black Prize for fiction (announced in August 2009), the oldest such award in the UK, and the 2008 Costa Book of the Year (announced January 27,2009).
Split into simpler sentences: Barry's most recent book, "The Secret Scripture" won the James Tait Black Prize for fiction (announced in August 2009), the oldest such award in the UK. It also won the 2008 Costa Book of the Year (announced January 27,2009).