diff --git a/core/app/components/forms/elements/RelatedPubsElement.tsx b/core/app/components/forms/elements/RelatedPubsElement.tsx
index 42256e9a2..fe05f4014 100644
--- a/core/app/components/forms/elements/RelatedPubsElement.tsx
+++ b/core/app/components/forms/elements/RelatedPubsElement.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 
-import { useState } from "react";
+import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { Value } from "@sinclair/typebox/value";
 import { useFormContext } from "react-hook-form";
 import { relationBlockConfigSchema } from "schemas";
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ export const RelatedPubsElement = ({
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	const linkablePubs = pubs
-		// do not allow linking to itself. TODO: do not show already linked pubs
-		.filter((p) => p.id !== pubId);
+	const pubTitlesById = useMemo(() => {
+		return pubs.reduce(
+			(acc, { id, title }) => {
+				acc[id] = title;
+				return acc;
+			},
+			{} as Record<string, string | null>
+		);
+	}, [pubs]);
 
 	return (
 		<>
@@ -43,10 +49,21 @@ export const RelatedPubsElement = ({
 				control={control}
 				name={slug}
 				render={({ field }) => {
+					const linkedPubs = Array.isArray(field.value)
+						? field.value.map((v) => v.relatedPubId)
+						: [];
+					const linkablePubs = pubs
+						// do not allow linking to itself or any pubs it is already linked to
+						.filter((p) => p.id !== pubId && !linkedPubs.includes(p.id));
+
 					const handleAddPubs = (newPubs: GetPubsResult) => {
 						// todo: make value an actual thing
 						const value = newPubs.map((p) => ({ relatedPubId: p.id, value: "" }));
-						field.onChange(value);
+						if (Array.isArray(field.value)) {
+							field.onChange([...field.value, ...value]);
+						} else {
+							field.onChange(value);
+						}
 					};
 					return (
 						<FormItem>
@@ -70,8 +87,7 @@ export const RelatedPubsElement = ({
 											? field.value.map((pub: any) => {
 													return (
 														<div key={pub.relatedPubId}>
-															{/* TODO: use pub title */}
-															{pub.relatedPubId}
+															{pubTitlesById[pub.relatedPubId]}
 														</div>
 													);
 												})
diff --git a/core/app/components/pubs/PubEditor/PubEditorClient.tsx b/core/app/components/pubs/PubEditor/PubEditorClient.tsx
index 37f4ba417..4b26a71cc 100644
--- a/core/app/components/pubs/PubEditor/PubEditorClient.tsx
+++ b/core/app/components/pubs/PubEditor/PubEditorClient.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { Type } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import partition from "lodash.partition";
 import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
 import { getDefaultValueByCoreSchemaType, getJsonSchemaByCoreSchemaType } from "schemas";
-import { RelatedPub } from "schemas/schemas";
 
 import type { JsonValue, ProcessedPub } from "contracts";
 import type { PubsId, PubTypesId, StagesId } from "db/public";
@@ -74,14 +73,22 @@ const buildDefaultValues = (elements: BasicFormElements[], pubValues: ProcessedP
 	for (const element of elements) {
 		if (element.slug && element.schemaName) {
 			const pubValue = pubValues.find((v) => v.fieldSlug === element.slug)?.value;
+
 			defaultValues[element.slug] =
 				pubValue ?? getDefaultValueByCoreSchemaType(element.schemaName);
 			if (element.schemaName === CoreSchemaType.DateTime && pubValue) {
 				defaultValues[element.slug] = new Date(pubValue as string);
 			}
+			// There can be multiple relations for a single slug
+			if (element.isRelation) {
+				const relatedPubValues = pubValues.filter((v) => v.fieldSlug === element.slug);
+				defaultValues[element.slug] = relatedPubValues.map((pv) => ({
+					value: pv.value,
+					relatedPubId: pv.relatedPubId,
+				}));
+			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	return defaultValues;
 };
 
@@ -248,53 +255,49 @@ export const PubEditorClient = ({
 				formState: formInstance.formState,
 				toggleContext,
 			});
-			// TODO: for related fields, we need to make something like
-			// {fieldSlug, relatedPubId, value}
-			// and unnest it for each array, but the update funcs will need to take an array
-			// since the slugs will be duplicated so a dict won't work
-			console.log({ pubValues });
-			// const { stageId: stageIdFromButtonConfig, submitButtonId } = getButtonConfig({
-			// 	evt,
-			// 	withButtonElements,
-			// 	buttonElements,
-			// });
-
-			// const stageId = stageIdFromForm ?? stageIdFromButtonConfig;
-			// let result;
-			// if (isUpdating) {
-			// 	result = await runUpdatePub({
-			// 		pubId: pubId,
-			// 		pubValues,
-			// 		stageId,
-			// 		formSlug,
-			// 		continueOnValidationError: autoSave,
-			// 	});
-			// } else {
-			// 	result = await runCreatePub({
-			// 		formSlug,
-			// 		body: {
-			// 			id: pubId,
-			// 			pubTypeId: pub.pubTypeId as PubTypesId,
-			// 			values: pubValues as Record<string, any>,
-			// 			stageId: stageId,
-			// 		},
-			// 		communityId: community.id,
-			// 		parent: parentId ? { id: parentId } : undefined,
-			// 		addUserToForm: isExternalForm,
-			// 	});
-			// }
-			// if (didSucceed(result)) {
-			// 	// Reset dirty state to prevent the unsaved changes warning from
-			// 	// blocking navigation.
-			// 	// See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63953501/react-hook-form-resetting-isdirty-without-clearing-form
-			// 	formInstance.reset(
-			// 		{},
-			// 		{
-			// 			keepValues: true,
-			// 		}
-			// 	);
-			// 	onSuccess({ isAutoSave: autoSave, submitButtonId, values: pubValues });
-			// }
+
+			const { stageId: stageIdFromButtonConfig, submitButtonId } = getButtonConfig({
+				evt,
+				withButtonElements,
+				buttonElements,
+			});
+
+			const stageId = stageIdFromForm ?? stageIdFromButtonConfig;
+			let result;
+			if (isUpdating) {
+				result = await runUpdatePub({
+					pubId: pubId,
+					pubValues,
+					stageId,
+					formSlug,
+					continueOnValidationError: autoSave,
+				});
+			} else {
+				result = await runCreatePub({
+					formSlug,
+					body: {
+						id: pubId,
+						pubTypeId: pub.pubTypeId as PubTypesId,
+						values: pubValues as Record<string, any>,
+						stageId: stageId,
+					},
+					communityId: community.id,
+					parent: parentId ? { id: parentId } : undefined,
+					addUserToForm: isExternalForm,
+				});
+			}
+			if (didSucceed(result)) {
+				// Reset dirty state to prevent the unsaved changes warning from
+				// blocking navigation.
+				// See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63953501/react-hook-form-resetting-isdirty-without-clearing-form
+				formInstance.reset(
+					{},
+					{
+						keepValues: true,
+					}
+				);
+				onSuccess({ isAutoSave: autoSave, submitButtonId, values: pubValues });
+			}
 		},
 		[
 			formElements,