UITableView simples no Swift - encontrado inesperadamente nulo

Código bastante simples:

func numberOfSectionsInTableView(tableView: UITableView?) -> Int {
    return 1
}

func tableView(tableView:UITableView!, numberOfRowsInSection section:Int) -> Int {
    return 5
}


func tableView(tableView:UITableView!, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath:NSIndexPath!) -> UITableViewCell! {
    let cell: BookTableViewCell = BookTableViewCell(style: UITableViewCellStyle.Default, reuseIdentifier: "BookCell")
    println("ip: \(indexPath.row)")
    cell.bookLabel.text = "test"

    return cell
}

Na linha cell.bookLabel.text, recebo o seguinte:

fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value

O BookTableViewCell é definido assim:

class BookTableViewCell: UITableViewCell {

    @IBOutlet var bookLabel: UILabel

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()
        // Initialization code
    }

    override func setSelected(selected: Bool, animated: Bool) {
        super.setSelected(selected, animated: animated)

        // Configure the view for the selected state
    }

}

E bookLabel está conectado corretamente em uma célula Prototype no Storyboard. Por que estou recebendo esse erro?

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