Daily: Richard Charkin on Measuring Costs and Benefits

'To reduce frippery and make informed decisions,' Richard Charkin suggests 'we use measurement to guide our instincts.'

The Bologna Book Fair's illustration exhibition, the Grand Tour, heads to France for the Angoulême Festival of comics and graphic novels.

The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature honors Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Arab-African cultural roots.