Since 2022, has offered our community the opportunity to read interesting books, meet renowned authors, and engage in a variety of activities and projects based on themes in our selected texts. We do all of this FOR FREE. Our community never pays for books or related activities, and they never pay admission to attend author readings. Additionally, we ensure that our featured authors are paid for their work, their time, and their art. We never expect, or ask, artists to provide their work, time, or art for free. We pay our featured authors what they are worth, and we purchase between 500-1000 copies of their texts to distribute to our community. We also make sure that artists have an enjoyable experience in Norristown so they will spread the good word about our community. 

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You can help OBON specifically by making a donation to support OBON 2025. Any amount - big or small - will help us continue to deliver amazing arts and literacy programming to the Norristown community for FREE. Thank you!