Independent books for curious readers
About SparkTrail Press
Creative books with personality, practical value, strong visuals, and a healthy curiosity about the wonderfully strange world around us.
What we publish
Books made to be enjoyed
SparkTrail Press creates entertaining, practical, and visually engaging books designed for everyday readers and listeners. From humor and gift books to grilling guides, hobby collections, creative lifestyle titles, and relaxing activity books, SparkTrail Press focuses on content that is fun, easy to enjoy, and made to bring a little more personality into everyday life.
Built with creativity and reader experience in mind, SparkTrail Press publishes books that make great gifts, spark hobbies, encourage laughter, and help people slow down and enjoy simple moments. Guy also produces audiobook editions, giving readers another way to enjoy SparkTrail Press stories at home, on the road, or wherever the next adventure leads. Whether it is a funny Father’s Day book, a backyard BBQ guide, a coloring book, or a hands-on hobby title, every project is created with a focus on approachable design, strong visuals, and enjoyable reading.
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We look for subjects that invite readers to discover something unusual, useful, funny, or unexpectedly fascinating.
Clear writing, approachable ideas, and practical details make every book easy to pick up and enjoy.
Bold visuals and a sense of humor help our books feel lively, memorable, and unmistakably SparkTrail.
Meet the author
About Guy Wann
Guy Wann is an author, traveler, artist, and endlessly curious collector of unusual stories. His publishing journey has ranged from hands-on creative books about acrylic painting and baking to practical guides, humor, travel, and the wonderfully bizarre corners of history. That wide range is connected by a simple idea: learning should feel inviting, useful, and fun.
As the creative force behind SparkTrail Press, Guy develops books for readers who would rather take the scenic route, then brings those titles to listeners through audiobook editions. His Weird America guides explore strange places, local legends, and road-trip discoveries across the United States. The Weird Europe series turns train journeys and historic cities into approachable adventures, while Strange But True digs into real events so peculiar they sound invented.
Guy’s books combine careful research with colorful presentation and a cheeky sense of humor. Whether the subject is Yellowstone, the Rhine, forgotten occupations, unusual animals, or a historical disaster caused by spectacularly bad judgment, his goal is to give readers something worth remembering and a good reason to keep turning the page.
The world is more interesting when you follow the odd signs, ask one more question, and never skip the weird little road on the map.
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Strange places. True stories. Better adventures.
Browse the current SparkTrail Press collections, from road trips across America to European rail adventures and history at its most gloriously strange.
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