AdvertisementCultureBooksLiterature The 3000-year-old poem Australians suddenly can’t get enough of Melanie Kembrey August 7, 2026 — 3:26pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. While some booksellers stocked up in anticipation of a Nolan-induced rush and still have copies of Wilson’s translation on hand, others were caught off guard by the scale of the demand. Wilson’s translation was already one of the most popular modern editions of The Odyssey. The Sun Bookshop in Melbourne’s Yarraville sold out of Wilson’s translation a week ago and is waiting for fresh stock to arrive. By Friday afternoon, City of Sydney libraries had 73 reservations for Wilson’s translation, while 198 readers were waiting in line for it in Brisbane.