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14 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 28 JULY 2019 COMMERCIAL CHANEL is pleased to announce Margot Robbie as the face of the new fragrance Gabrielle Chanel Essence. Beyond her talent and radiant beauty, the House was drawn to the captivating personality of the Australian actress and producer, who stars in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood. Created by Olivier Polge in cooperation with the Chanel Laboratory of Fragrance Creation and Development, this new olfactory interpretation of Gabrielle Chanel reveals a trail that is more voluptuous and opulent, solar and en- veloping. Composed around four white flowers revered by Chanel (jasmine, ylang-ylang, orange blossom and tuberose), Es- sence gives a majestic role to Grasse tuberose. Gabrielle Chanel Essence will be available as of Septem- ber 1, 2019. The face of Gabrielle Chanel Essence MELITA has launched Business Stars, ultra-flexible mobile plans which start from just €5 per month. When subscribing to Business Stars, business owners have total flexibility in adding on bundles of up to 50 GB of data per month and EU and inter- national calls, depending on their re- quirements. Subscribers also have the oppor- tunity to change and add benefits to their mobile plan at any point throughout the period of their con- tract. Simon Baldacchino Barthet, Busi- ness Sales Senior Manager at Melita Limited, said Melita understands that business owners want the best possi- ble value with the least hassle from their communications provider. "Business Stars is the ideal solution, a mobile plan that a customer can build according to the specific needs of his or her business, and which can be created through our website," he said. More information available at www. melitabusiness.com. Melita launches Business Stars mobile plans THE National Book Council has revealed the 55 works that made it to the shortlist for the coveted national prize The National Book Council has announced the shortlist of books contending for the 2019 National Book Prize. The long list was announced in April, afterwhich on 15 July the adjudication board pre- sented the shortlist to the Na- tional Book Council, including a statement of justification for each entry that did not make the shortlist. The council said the authors and publishers interested in reading the judges' statement are invited to get in touch with the NBC. "Out of a total of 147 long- listed works, 55 have made the shortlist - 34 books in the adult categories and 21 for the Ter- ramaxka Prize," the council said. It said that the works short- listed under biographical and historiographical research were "almost equally distributed be- tween the two modes". The council said the Ter- ramaxka category for original works for children up to seven years was once again the one with the most shortlisted titles. "The adjudication board will now be selecting the winners of the Book Prize in each sepa- rate category in both adult lit- erature (National Book Prize) and children's literature (Ter- ramaxka Prize)." The council said the winners of the Terramaxka prize will be announced on 5 November at the official opening of the Malta Book Festival 2019. The winners of the National Book Prize will then be announced at an award-giving ceremony that will be held at Auberge de Cas- tille later this year. Shortlist of books for the National Book Prize announced Book Title Author/Editor Publisher National Book Prize 2019 shortlist Castillo Clare Azzopardi Merlin Publishers Ltd The Reluctant Lou Drofenik Horizons Kulħadd Barra Fajża John P. Portelli Horizons Short stories in Maltese and English 356 Trevor Zahra Merlin Publishers Ltd Fuq Widnejn Torox: U Stejjer Żbukkati Oħra Rita Saliba Klabb Kotba Maltin Il-Fiera tal-Fuħħar: U Stejjer Oħra Joe Friggieri Kite Group Hjut Rita Saliba Horizons Inkontri ta' Kuljum John P.Portelli Horizons Minn Żmien l-Għerien Lina Brockdorff Horizons Poetry in Maltese and English Bil-Boqxiex Louis Briffa Self-published Framed Maria Grech Ganado Merlin Publishers Ltd