This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1957.
For an overview of world literature see 1957 in literature.
See also: 1956 in Australian literature, 1957 in Australia, 1958 in Australian literature.
James Aldridge – I Wish He Would Not DieMartin Boyd – Outbreak of LoveJon Cleary – The Green HelmetNino Culotta – They're a Weird MobElizabeth Harrower – Down in the CityD'Arcy Niland – Call Me When the Cross Turns OverVance Palmer – SeedtimeRuth Park – One-a-Pecker, Two-a-PeckerNevil Shute – On the BeachRandolph Stow – The BystanderArthur Upfield – The Bushman Who Came BackJudah Waten – Shares in MurderMorris West – The Big StoryPatrick White – VossJohn Morrison – "A Man's World"Vance Palmer – The Rainbow Bird and Other StoriesSteele Rudd – Sandy's Selection and Back At Our SelectionDal Stivens – The Scholarly Mouse and Other TalesJudah Waten – "The Knife"Patrick White – "On the Balcony"Amy Witting – "A Bottle of Tears"Children's and Young Adult fiction
Nan Chauncy – Tiger in the BushEnid Moodie Heddle – The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales (edited) illustrated by Nancy ParkerJoan Phipson – It Happened One SummerPatricia Wrightson – The Bunyip HoleDavid Campbell – "On Frosty Days"Mary Gilmore – PoemsMax Harris"At the Circus""The Death of Bert Sassenowsky"William Hart-Smith – "Boomerang"Gwen Harwood – "Panther and Peacock"Nancy Keesing & Douglas Stewart – Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times (edited)Henry Kendall & T. Inglis Moore – Selected Poems of Henry KendallJack Lindsay – Three ElegiesJames McAuley – "Aubade"Leonard Mann – Elegaic and Other PoemsIan Mudie – "I Wouldn't be Lord Mayor"Kenneth Slessor – PoemsDouglas Stewart – "The Silkworms"Randolph Stow – Act One : PoemsColin Thiele – "Bert Schulz"Judith Wright – New Land, New Language : An Anthology of Australian Verse (edited)A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1957 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
18 February – Kim Scott, novelist2 June – Sara Douglass, novelist (died 2011)29 July – Liam Davison, novelist and critic (died 2014)11 November – Michelle de Kretser, novelistUnknown date
Tony Birch, novelist and criticAnthony Lawrence, poetHannie Rayson, playwrightLucy Sussex, novelist and criticBrenda Walker, novelistA list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1957 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
12 October – Will Lawson, poet and novelist (born 1876) 