The new book features work from three generations of women spanning from just 20 to an octogenarian.
Sista, Stanap Strong! contains poetry, fiction, essay, memoir and song.
Its stories span from the late 1800s blackbirding era, when raiders seized labourers for Queensland's plantations, to independence in 1980 and the present day.
Most writers are resident in Vanuatu with others in New Zealand, Fiji, Canada and Solomon Islands.
Sista, Stanap Strong! tackles subjects such as racism, colonialism and sexism head on with a Vanuatu women's lens.
