Author Susan Marie Conrad will discuss her debut memoir “Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage” this week at Eagle Harbor Book Company.

The big book event is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 at the Winslow bookstore.

Conrad’s book recounts the story of a physical and emotional journey through an alluring, perilous and healing seascape. Her adventure along the coast of western North America took Conrad deep within herself, humbling her, reminding her that she had much to learn as she confronted fear, solitude, exhaustion and crushing sadness. So much of “Inside” is about acceptance and gratitude, triumph and tragedy.

In spring 2010, with Conrad’s world scaled down to an 18-foot sea kayak and the 1,200-mile ribbon of water known as the Inside Passage, she launched a journey of the sea and soul that took her both north to Alaska and inward, as she discovered the depths of her own strength and courage. She paddled marathon distances for weeks on end, forged friendships with quirky people in the strangest of places, and pretended not to be intimidated by 700-pound grizzly bears and 40-ton whales.

Conrad is an adventurer, author, educator and speaker. She’s also an accomplished paddler. Her tenacious exploration by sea kayak has fueled her stories and images of the natural world for decades. Her articles and photographs have appeared in Sea Kayaker, Canoe and Kayak, Adventures Northwest, and Figure magazines.

Visit www.eagleharborbooks.com for more information about this and other upcoming author events.