Elke Wakefield

Writer, translator, and person, Elke Wakefield lives in Melbourne, Australia with a small family and a big library.

Can You Translate This Smutty Middle English Poem?

“He kiste hir naked ers.” How good are you at translating dirty 14th century poetry written in Middle English?

The Cruelest Story Ever Written about Australia (By a Nobel Laureate You’ve Never Heard Of)

Is there anything more ‘Australian’ than rejecting the greatest writer we’ve ever produced?