Alison Huber

Alison Huber is the head book buyer for Readings. She has been selling books in Melbourne for twenty years. She is also a recovering academic.

Review — 27 May 2014

Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

Sometimes it feels like books find their own way to you. I was drawn to Fourth of July Creek in a pile of proofs at the Carlton office for no…

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Blog post — 12 Aug 2014

What I Loved: Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin

One of the highlights of my reading year so far has been Willy Vlautin’s novel The Free. The book draws together the stories of three characters – an Iraq…

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Review — 20 Aug 2012

Alice Spring by Eleanor Hogan

This handsome book is the latest addition to New South’s justly successful series about Australian cities, focusing this time on the capital of ‘Centralia’, Alice Springs. Countless readers have relished…

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