Nelvana and Kids Can Press launch talent incubator for Black creators

TORONTO — Corus Entertainment’s kids content producer and distributor Nelvana and children’s book publisher Kids Can Press announced today the Nelvana/Kids Can Press Talent Incubator: Black Write Edition, a new initiative designed to discover, support and mentor emerging Black storytellers and illustrators, according to a press release. “Our goal with this talent incubator is to match promising Black creators with industry professionals from two of Canada’s leading children’s content companies in order to develop original work,” said Athena Georgaklis, head of development at Nelvana, in the press release. “We want to give budding creators, particularly those currently outside of the...