This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1918.
Events
18 January – The first edition of Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine appears.
Books
J. H. M. Abbott — Sally : The Tale of a Currency Lass
Mary Grant Bruce — Dick
May Gibbs
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: Their Adventures Wonderful
Wattle Babies
G. B. Lancaster — The Savignys
Norman Lindsay — The Magic Pudding
Steele Rudd — Memoirs of Corporal Keeley
Lindsay Russell — Earthware
Ethel Turner — St. Tom and the Dragon
Poetry
Christopher Brennan — A Chant of Doom and Other Verses
Zora Cross
The City of Riddle-Me-Ree
The Lilt of Life
C. J. Dennis — Digger Smith
Mary Gilmore
The Passionate Heart
Henry Lawson — Selected Poems of Henry Lawson
Grace Ethel Martyr — Afterwards and Other Verses
Myra Morris — England and Other Verses
Walter Murdoch — The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse
John Shaw Neilson — "The Break of Day" A. B. Paterson "Moving On" "Swinging the Lead" David McKee Wright — An Irish Heart
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1918 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
19 January – Eric Lambert, novelist (died 1966) 26 January — Amy Witting, novelist (died 2001) 10 July — James Aldridge, novelist (died 2015) 16 September — Nan Hunt, Australian children's writer who also wrote as N. L. Ray (died 2015)
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1918 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
28 April — Albert Robert Blackmore, poet (born 1886) 12 October — Mary Hannay Foott, poet (born 1846) 16 December — E. W. Cole, bookseller and publisher (born 1832)