Dear Banjo

*[URL not allowed] Dear Banjo was always going to be a winner for me, as it includes all the things I love about a quality rural fiction book. From the strong West Australian based setting, to the emphasis on letters as a form of storytelling and the deeply romantic relationship b......more

Childhood friends Willow (Banjo) Paterson and Tom Forrest, grew up on neighboring properties in the Kimberley. Most days Willow and Tom would kick about on the farm together, making their own fun and adventures. In between their fun they would talk about their dreams for the future and it seemed the......more

I have to state, right up front, that I enjoyed this novel immensely. To me, the story was rather reminiscent of McLeod’s Daughters, but in the very best of ways, and I felt myself slipping into quite a comforted state of being each evening as I read my next hundred pages or so. I love the representa......more

At age 15 Willow Patterson (otherwise known as Banjo) and Tom Forrest, who live in neighbouring cattle stations, make a pact not to let anything ever interfere with their friendship. But then when they get their University acceptances, Tom does something that Willow cannot overlook or forgive. As a......more

Astonishingly good! My View: A few months ago now, author Sasha Wasley contacted me regarding the release of her new book Dear Banjo and asked if I would be interested in reading and reviewing. We struck up a “on line” friendship – based on our mutual love of our journeys to the north of Western Aust......more