Kate Mclanachan
Kate Mclanachan

Kate McLanachan is the author of 2 books, The Workhouse Almanac: A Story of Shrewsbury and Spirits of Shelton 1845-2012: Including History & Past Treatments. Her third book out next year is called On the Origins of Shrewsbury Foundling Hospital. She has partially written her fourth book, a sequel to the first novel. 

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Books

Spirits of Shelton 1845-2012: Including History & Past Treatments

Author of the novel “The Workhouse Almanac – A Story of Shrewsbury”, Kate Mclanachan makes use of her vast experience and knowledge base, and combines it with thoroughly researched history. Her books, written alongside her full-time job as a mental health nurse, entwine fact and fiction with shock and intrigue. This book is her first non-fiction...

The Workhouse Almanac: A Story of Shrewsbury

The Workhouse loomed impressively over the town, a majestic but formidable building that would become the prestigious Shrewsbury School.

An institution and Asylum for destitute paupers, lunatics and vagrants, its past secrets and atrocities locked away behind closed door
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‘Voices’ whispered to her the gory details of her brother’s death,...