Her first job was as a publishing assistant at Pergamon Press Oxford, after which she worked for the National Book League in Albemarle Street, leaving to start her own antique business specialising in 18th and 19th century jewellery.
In 1984, Hubbard moved back to London working as an art critic writing, first for Time Out, then for The Independent and the New Statesman.
[citation needed] Hubbard's poetry collection The Forgetting and Remembering of Air was described by Ellen Bell in the New Welsh Review as 'a stunning piece of work – an achingly moving narrative of love for a child, parent, sibling, lover or icon'.
[6] Martina Evans of The Irish Times said "Hubbard’s precise descriptions of the physical landscape are tremendous and moving.
"[7] A review in The London Magazine describes the novel as having "a unique and beautiful emotive quality that shines through its delicately constructed prose.