Knox Publishing & Sexplained Ltd

Helen Knox, proprietor of Knox Publishing, founder and Managing Director of Sexplained® Ltd., trained at the Westminster Hospital, London, before working St Thomas’ Hospital A&E Dept, London and later as a District Nursing Sister in west London.

For over a decade, she has worked in the field of contraception and sexual health. She's the UK’s first full-time Outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist in Contraception and Sexual Health working in deprived, multi-ethnic, inner city areas of south London since 1991.

Helen was prompted by the lack of easily available, quality information about contraception and sexual health. 

After being turned down by a publisher - and deciding no-one else was going to tell her that a third party could influence their decision by saying her idea wouldn't sell (against a backdrop of goverment supported organisations working in the field, producing free literature for the public) Helen took a loan from the bank and started Knox Publishing as a sole trader in 1995. She self-published and promoted SEXplained… The Uncensored Guide to Sexual Health and in 1999 published its sequel, SEXplained 2… For Young People. The launch of which was supported by Schering Health Care Ltd and Condomania (UK) Ltd on 30th April, at The Z Bar & Brasserie in Brixton, south London, to an audience of health care professionals, press and the public. 

In September 1999, Sexplained Ltd was formed.

SEXplained... is the registered trade mark of Helen Knox / Knox Publishing.

Since 1995:

Financial support has been received from Condomania (UK) Ltd and SSL/Durex has supported PR through their regular publication Barrier Protection Digest.

Schering Health Care Ltd supported publication, with bulk purchase in 1995, and their support continues.

Penny Hopkinson of Manual Writers International has given ongoing advice and guidance on press releases and all aspects of marketing.

Numerous favourable book reviews have been received from professional and general publications since 1995. SEXplained…® Books are available, to order, from any bookshop internationally.

Many TV and radio interviews have been given to promote SEXplained…® Books and raise Helen’s profile in the UK and overseas as the UK’s first Outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist in Contraception and Sexual Health.

For more information about the Sexplained brand or about Helen, please visit the main site: www.sexplained.com