Join nature-loving authors Heather Durham and Kathleen Alcalá for an intimate conversation about what it means to be wild versus what it means to be rooted at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24 at Eagle Harbor Book Company.

The authors will do a short reading from their respective books and engage each other in conversation before opening the dialogue to the audience.

Durham’s new book, “Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust,” is a memoir in essays examining a life of wandering in wild nature. With the ecological understanding and observation skills of a naturalist and the existential inquiry of a philosopher, Durham immerses readers with all their senses in adventures, explorations, and musings in wild places around the United States.

She holds a master of fine arts in creative nonfiction and a master of science in environmental biology, and has held a variety of environmental jobs from interpretive park ranger to field biologist, trails worker to restoration ecologist. She currently lives in the foothills of the Washington Cascades where she works at Wilderness Awareness School. “Going Feral” is her first book.

Alcalá’s popular book — “The Deepest Roots” (now out in paperback) — combines memoir, historical records, and a blueprint for sustainability. The book shows how an island population can mature into responsible food stewards and reminds readers that innovation, adaptation, diversity, and common sense will help make wise decisions about the future.

Alcalá is the author of a collection of essays, “The Desert Remembers My Name: On Family and Writing”; three novels, including “Treasures in Heaven”; and a book of short stories. She lives on Bainbridge Island.