Roundwood Press
A River of Reading
About Roundwood Press
Roundwood is a highland town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located close to the Glendalough monastery—where, from the sixth to twelfth centuries, monks toiled to copy manuscripts as well as to produce new books. Centuries later, from about 1810 to 1830, the town included Roundwood Press, run by the Bull family and which produced pamphlets, reports and short books that were sold in Dublin.
This land is a meld of wild beauty and pivotal literary history, where monks copying manuscripts helped keep the wheels of civilization spinning.
When I was growing up, my family spent years living in Ireland, near the Wicklow Hills. The village of Roundwood and its surroundings were a favored location for us to explore. Two of my siblings had their wedding festivities at the Roundwood Inn, and as kids we sometimes camped out next to the Roundwood reservoir and went fishing.
Roundwood Press primarily sells books by T. Mullen, an American who grew up exploring Roundwood and the Wicklow Hills.
His latest book is The Winemakers’ Cooking Companion, a collection of 100+ recipes from winemakers, winery chefs and winery owners from 18 countries.
His latest fiction book from Roundwood Press is titled River of Rome, and was published in early 2026.
To learn more about his books and book series, read the About section of this site.
Book Series
Books are divided into different series, described below.
NON-FICTION SERIES—
African Raindrop (3 books) — travelogues about years I lived and worked in the African countries of Malawi, Namibia and Angola.
Curving Trail Inspiration (5 books) — about synchronicity, visualization, inspiration, travel and life lessons.
Water & Wine (3 books) — exploring rivers, wine and food and including quotations and recipes harvested from throughout the world.
Wayfarer (2 books) — Memories of working mountain rescue in Colorado, and a collection of articles written for Forbes.
Slices of Time (1 book) — Memories of life and travel.
Dreaming Leader (1 book) — a short volume of lessons from Irish chieftain Brian Boru.
Fellow Authors (2 books) — World War One bestseller about a downed pilot, and a book on the powers of visualization.
FICTION—
Rivers of Time (4 books) — stories set on different rivers, including the Shannon in Ireland, the Arno and Tiber in Italy and the Wear in England.
Vagabond Fiction (2 books) — adventure fiction featuring young couples solving international mysteries.
Roaming Sage (2 books) — international travels to learn about life, and reality.
Author
Author T. Mullen is an American living in southern France.
He spent years growing up in Ireland and spent decades working as a management consultant, civil engineer and project manager in the U.S.A, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Latin America.
He has contributed hundreds of articles for Forbes and has written for publications that include Wine Enthusiast, Telegraph newspaper, Malibu Magazine, Earth Journal, International Groundwater Technology, Food52 and Columbia Magazine. He was awarded the wine writing prize Parole di Vino (Words & Wine) in Abruzzo in 2018.
